The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 30, 1933, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service WOLUME LIV. No. 155. War Department Sanctions River, Harbor Allotments STORY RELATIVE TO ARMS SEIZURE . Florida Coastal Waterway : Included In Program With Appropriation (Dy Associated Press) WASHINGTON, June 30. +The war department to- day approved the following allotments for urgent main- " tenance work on rivers and B. C. ORGANIZATION GIVES RUMOR IN CIRCULATION Branding as false the rumor harbors projects: that a party of Cubans left Key $ Intracoastal waterway, | st’ this week with arms and ammunition and was captured on . iperitie ter Mian, $60,-) crival in Cuba, a prominent : Tampa harbor, $94,-| member of the A. B. C. organiza- 000; St. Petersburg harbor, ! tion of this city had this to way: $15,000; Lacoochee river,! ‘Statements of the kind are mg) A : | preposterous in the extreme and | 942,000; removing water) should be given no credence by __byacinths, $7,000. Fuceli thinking: people... ‘The organ- -- Examinations, surveys and| general contingencies for Florida Districts, $36,000; _ Apalachicola Bay, $23,000; _ St. Andrews Bay, $30,000 Pensacola harbor, $35,000; | Choctawatchee river __REOEIVE PART PAY would never sanction any act of i this kind nor could others outside jof the organization form an ex- jPedition of that kind and leave | Key West and we be ignorant of | the act. “Why the rumor was started I am at a loss to understand. When {it was first brought to my atten- jtion I was told of the expedition as being composed of a few men and some ammunition. and rifles. “Later on the number of men [tmeressed as well as the number of rifles. The latest canard was that 50 men, 40 machine guns and several thousand rounds of am- munition compdsed the expedition and TMCS aces ht and that they were now in jail ia Cuba. DECISION MADE rode tnt ulebed “As -q) -matter.of, fact’. . OF COUNCIL YESTERDAY the A. B. C, or any of its allied AFTERNOON organizations been disposed to do anything of this kind it would not have done so at this time with A i Ambassador Welles acting as Aétive employes of the city areimediatot and all reports indicat- receive pay for one month and ing the happy. or at least satis- half and inactive employes will| factory, settlement of the trouble _ feeelve pay for one month. This’ between the Machado government was decided at a meeting of coun-'and those who are opposed cil held yesterday afternoon. | him. ‘These disbursements are made| “The\entire story of the ex- possible by the F. E. C. R’y. com-| pedition and its capture is the pany paying im 97s Larelbs ny ; fabulous fancy of some disordered i payment amounted to $14,-| mind, positively preposterous and 982.63, allotted to the different absolutely absurd from every funds as follows: General. Rev-| angle.” - enue, $4,877.99; Fire Fund, $2,- 986.53; Indebtedness Fund, $1,- 891.47 Public Works, $2,389.22; Public Works, $2,787.42. Making a total of $14,932.63. A check for the foregoing} amount was delivered to City! Clerk Wallace Pinder by T. B.} Bennett, tax agent of the F. E. C. It was sent on for collection! and as soon as funds are received disbursements will be made. CHANGES AMONG 74 to a GIVE POSITION OF DISTURBANCE REPORTED TO BE SIX HUN- * DRED MILES SOUTHEAST OF KEY WEST | (Ns Associated Prone) WASHINGTON, June 30.—-The tropical hurricane, which, Tuesday night. struck southern Trinidad, was reported today as continuing i NAVAL FORCES, - 4 northwestward toward Jamaica. MANY IN COMMUNICATION! The weather bureau placed the {disturbance, which it said was of Sane ee een | undiminished intensity and small FERRED | diameter, approximately 125 miles { . mo! 500 mi Recently ordered changes in ibaa ae % pes ok: nae enlisted personnel of the commun-| The disturbance continued feation service at the local station’ move about 10 miles per hour. become effective tomorrow, July’ Officials said such disturbances i frequently change their course so erratically that final disposition feannot be forecast so far ahead to Those affected by the order are Ernest Retrick, M. G. Lambert and Jden E. McDonald, radiomen first class; C. L. Wimberly, E. Richards, C. H. Crawley, F. Waiswillos, E. J. Williams. ©. Young, radiomen second class; E. Carlisle, machinist mate. first class, all of whom are ordered te report to the receiving station at Norfolk, Va. ©. F. Shearer, radioman sec- ond class, has been ordered to re-| , port at the radio station at Jupi-' ter, Fla. W. W. Williamson and Ryan, radiomen first class, earlier in the month for the N folk receiving station. LOST IN STORM HURRICANE WAS FIRST RE- PORTED IN SECTION OF TRINIDAD D T (My Associated Press) PORT OF SPAIN, Trini- dad, June 30.—Eleven were lost in Tuesday's hur- lives COOL OFF-.-- Cease mopping your brow. Step in—we'll cool you off with the most delicious ICE CREAM SODA you ever slipped = straw into GARDNER'S PHARMACY | ricane, belated reports say The storm, of great inten- sity but of smali diamater, was reported as being very dangerous, especially to ship- ping in ist path BRANDED FALSE. A PROMINENT MEMBER OFA. EXPRESSION DEALING WITH: ization of which I am a member } to} {south, southeast of Morant Point, | The Key West Citven — KEY WEST. FLORIDA, FRIDAY, JUNE 30, 1933. Claims Of Seven Nations At Stake By JAMES A. MILLS (By Associated Press HARBIN, Manchuria, June 30. Long-drawn out and complicated j negotiations are predicted at Chin- ese Eastern railway headquarters here over the proposed sale of Russian rights in the road to Ja-! pan, U. S. Interests Involved While the principal points in- | volve conflicting claims as between the soviet union on one side and) |ownership disputed between China jand Manchukuo on the other, ; there are © questions | involving ‘French, American and English in- terests also. | The 1,100 - mile line, running} {across Manchuria from west to jeast with a branch from this city ‘south to Changchun, was built by | the czarist Russian government in} 1903 under an agreement with the’ ' Chinese empire providing a sys-| tem of dual management. | China Enters Protests | China has protested the pro-} iposed sale at both Moscow and| |Tokyo, arguing that the fact that she is unable to function in Man-} jchuria due to the force majeur which set-up the Japanese-protect- ed state of Manchukuo, does not jaffect her juridical rights in the} | road. Manchukuo maintains that its de facto status as successor ofj China in Manchuria gives her the right to acquire the Russian share. France’s interest arises from claims that French citizens sub scribed the greater part of the, capital of the Russo-Asiatic bank which financed the railway in its tern railway. The road, depicted on , is operated under a dual management in which Li Shou- ight) is president and M. Kouznetzoff, Russian representa- president. American engineer, was tives, records indicate, were pur- in of the inter-allied’rail-'chased from American manufac- commission during and im- turers by the United States gov- lately after the Kerensky re-|ernment for the czarist regime in gime in Moscow. bees war days, payment being American Locomotives Figure | guaranteed by Great Britain un early stages. Both Anglo-Saxon elements are'der the terms of a war loan. English and American claims; interested too in the disposal of! Since England has paid part of involve equipment and improve-|30 locomotives and other rolling that,loan, lawyers assert she has ere were, for. exam- ockgihieh. Manchukuo claims claim on the locomotives, sub- ple, $4,000, improve: gfully took ittte’ soviet‘ Ject-to the balance due the: Unit- ments made when John W. Stev-j| territory last year. The locomo-ied States, | i MORE CLOTHING Monetary Controversy Holds | First Place At London Meet FOR MANY NEEDY ONES RECEIVED At London STEAMER COMAL ARRIVES HERE | \ \ | | TO BE DISTRIBUTED UNDER wipdlrmcemaa moked LONDON, June 30.—High Brit- CUPERVISION OF LOCAL! jish quarters said they definitely RED CROSS; OTHER CON.-! SIGNMENTS TO FOLLOW | understood today that President | | Roosevelt had replied favorably to the plea to prevent erratic dol- TO REACH THIS PORT ON MONDAY Three bales of clothing Gon-| lar fluctua’ | signed to Key West for distribu-| \tion under the supervision of the! ‘local Red Cross chapter have ibeen -received. Other consign- the plan amounted to a substan- ments are to follow. | tial approval in principle. Zs Preparation’ any how hetnel Ee dake th t j o'doek last night with freight made to ‘arrange the clothing ‘and! : ser en eg SRF eal pigs tallied geeran ELS reel 2 see a) owe a ja bead waited tensely for word Sas 9:30 o’clock for Miami and Jack- Fs Proper;would save the parley from the/ sonville with shipments of cigars classification. To this end ® rocks of monetary controversy &8/ ang sponges. |series of shelves and lockers are the Amercian delegates and as- Vislshiar ‘Akwidle i ave 0 ra ut cs yan ne south sistant Secretary of State Ray-| Monday morning from New York {As soon as these are completed; ™0nd Moley, gathered at the/ enroute to Tampa and and the rest of the clothing re-; American Embassy to consider; Yacht “Rose Cliff IL received, a classified announce-'the American stand toward regu-'Festerday afterno from ment will be made as to how and jstion of the dollar fluctuations. sts and is berthed at the Porte: De ee Sere cae The American delegates were} Power boat C. W jhe expected to begin receiving ap- silent about whether they met to ed this morning fro’ plications and start distribution! consider word from Roosevelt, but, With cargo of sea fo on July 10. | for shipment north The president’s reply, sources said, if not a full acceptance of The-freighter Comal, cf the Clyde-Mallory. lines, arrived 7:30 i Powers ar' Collier € which the conference could pro- | authoritative source said Ameri-| jing, oe can adherence to the plan under; DR. E. CHAPIN '» IVY LEA gress was under consideration. GOES 10 MIAMI Important American quarters; indicated that Moley as the presi- TRIP 10 MIAMI dent's personal representative, had a received authority to agree to the! See LEAVES THIS MORNING AC-'plép of preventing erratic gyre tions of the dollar which Ie| SUPERINTENDENT DEMERITT COMPANIED BY HIS threatening gold currencies. GOES TO TAKE CHARGE OF FAMILY TWO-CENT P 0 TOMATO SHIPMENT | -v. Acting Assistant Surpeon FE. R-} eu bd ape ea n, U.S, Public Health Serv-| RATE TOMORROW WW. Demerit superintenden Chapin and the children, mi ighthou. age o . the highway this morn one is afternoon on the nde 7 “ bs Miami where he will take charge ing for Miami With the recent changes made at the Marine hospital Dr. Chapin received orders transferring Tomorrow marks the return of }of 500 cases of canned tomatoes a {the two-cent postage rate for local|lotied to Monroe county for dis- i tribation to the needy | delivery. After the cases are him ‘ Since the first announcement in; vaded on [Se ety we he eeerre = June 23, of the com-/the tender the superintendent. will . business firms and) make his regular inspection od alx have been wondering/ light stations on the Fierida reef just how far away letters could be | and expect Sunday nig Seon after his te arriv educed rate ix for local de- De nly and the three-cent rate) meritt will an thod on out-of-town letters he will use in making d of the fruit, In Soviet Sale Of Chinese Eastern 020 000S0OCOOLOOCOLOLOOOOLOEEROOOOODOOOOTSY SORTOORSOSOOOCRE FREIGHTER AGWIDALE DUE/ ORIGINAL ILLEGIBLE For 58 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West PRICE FIVE CENTS NATIONAL CASH REGISTER COMPANY AGENCY BOMBED IN HAVANA TODAY Florida And Georgia Governors — Move For Cheaper School Books SEVEN FIREMEN ARE INJURED IN | HAVANA; June 30— ENGINE SMASHUP|bombings of American properties occurred early FIRE ENGINE STRIKES HooK| today apparently in pro- AND LADDER TRUCK RAC-/ test, authorities indicated, ING TO SMALL BLAZE IN against efforts of Ambas- ee sador Welles to settle ae (ay Acneciated Feoted Cuban political differ- JACKSONVILLE, June 30.— B | ,ences, {Racing to a small blaze; a fire engine crashed broadside into a} The two bombs explod- | American Grocery Also Damaged By Explosion; Believed Movement. Op- posing Welles Effort i (Uy Assocuted Press} ATLANTA, June 30.—The gov- | jernors of Georgia and Florida jtoday pledged powers of their | office to aid the Southern School | Book Conference in efforts to get | publishers te. fareish. cheaper | textbooks. |< Governor Shoitz told fhe con- |ference he would throw the whole jinfluence of his administration to breaking up what he termed “one jof the greatest rackets in the country, the school book trusts.” He said the conference could reduce the cost of school books |thirty to forty percent by agree- ing on a plan of cooperation aimed jat forcing publishers to | competitive bids, “Iam opposed to the state op- erating its own printing plants, but we can cooperate and get cheaper books,” he said. ‘RUTH BRYAN OWEN VERY APPRECIATIVE KEY WEST GREETING AMBASSADOR TO DENMARK EXTENDS THANKS IN LET- TER RECEIVED BY LEO WARREN IN NEW YORK | lower} & The Citizen is in receipt of a} letter from Leo Warren in New York in which was enclosed a let- ter written to. Mr. Warren by Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen, United States! Ambassador to Denmark, in which) Mrs. Owen extends thanks and appreciation for a Mother’s Day card and flowers that were pre- sented to her in behalf of the) young people of Key West. Mrs.! {Owen's letter follows: “Dear Leo: “IT want you to know how much I appreciate the lovely Mother's Day greeting. “It meant so much to have that thoughtful message. Permissi n ed by “Tam now aled in Copen-! evidenced by a picture in “Cam-/the girs poe Snr ay gate hagen, and I'am enjoying my new era Flashes of News Events in| of the grant was received at head ‘post very much, though the pres-, Tampa and Florida” in the Tarapa! quarters yesterday and Lieutenant *’ |sure of work has been rather Sunday Tribune of June 25. H. A. Tellman, commanding: offi’? j heavy since my arrival. The picture shows Al, wreathed! cor 99 advised W. W, Demeritt, “With renewed thanks for your, in smiles, with e model of a steam-| who is in charge of the work in grateful card, I am , boat in his two hands which, ac-' that section, { “Very cordially yours, cording to the Tribune photo- a ot | RUTH BRYAN OWEN.” [grapher, is a model of the steam-| — Fe le pant 008 ong | “P. S.—Please give my special/¢r Cuba which took Al one year) the preeras Of tbe werk: The greetings to all my Key West) to whittle. | hig % U.S. aon vie FOR LOST FLIER MALONE GOES |MECHANIC, WHO éimi| TO CONVENTION on eae te BE) TIONED MATTERN’S PLANE, | SAVED ON MUCH SHORT. Mayor Wm. H. Malone has > cn ponee | designated a delegate to the ENED PAYROLL vention at Ocsla, Fia., to dix , Plans for the state election on re- }peal of the Eighteenth Amend ment to the Constitution. He left over the East yesterday sftetnoon for Jackacr ville and after « brief stop jwill proceed to Ocala. Before Not only has Al Armengol es- tablished an enviable seputation as.a courteous and accomodat- ing employe of the P. and 0. 8. 8. company, he has entered the realm of artists and bids fair to become a success in that line. When not engaged in assigning | passengers on the Floride to their | staterooms and performing the | multifarious other duties of an {assistant purser,, Al spends his | time whittling. | That he is @ success at the art is hook and ladder truck at a street!pq inside and outside of interesection here today injuring ry 5 : ; , the National Cash Regis- seven firemen, one pérhaps fatally. Physicians said Harry Graves,| ter Company agency. riding on the running board of the hook and ladder, probably} Windows were broken, would die. but no one was hurt. Three were seriously injurdd i and three others not badly hurt. The American Grocery . After the collision the hook and ladder truck smashed into a track| ¥ 98 damaged by an ex- parked on the street while the fire | plosion an hour later. engine careened and crashed into : a building. Authorities believed ARMENGOL HAS that a small faction, ex- es pressing d is satisfaction T wo VOCATIONS with mediation plans, was involved. ASSISTANT PURSER OF P. puny ON SIDEWALKS HOLES TO BE DUG IN CON. CRETE PAVEMENT ALONG NAVAL STATION Holes for planting trees for beautification will be dug in the concrete sidewalk in front of the naval station reservation from Greene street to Eaton street. | ‘ { { (By Associated Pres) NEW YORK, June 30.—An 30,—| airplane carrying a rescue ¢x-| j Uncle Sam sets out on « new) Pedition left todsy for Alaska to; fiecal year tomorrow with his} earch for Jimmie Mattern, mrise-) payroll shortened by the elimina-| m6 — pecs emer oo yigs of and | recently in continuation of ® teaving he told The Citizen he had ese apart: Night. [not been adviced when the elec The plane was piloted by Wil-i ii is to be held but believed the liam Alexander and carried Fred Fetterman, mechanic, who com 1 Meats j (My Annaciated Press) | WASHINGTON, June Const thousands men The aim is to spend a billion less the new financial year for reg- Ad | governor would designate the date ula running expenses. 7 4 iduring the convention. ministration officials said they|ditioned Mattern's plane for the; 0" nena hit the mark, flight, and two other men. vn——oooeoo STRAND THEATER The Home Town Theater TODAY —Deuble Feature Rath Chatterton in LILLY TURNER See Page 2 tor reader on this pieture ~ lew Copway Tearle-Dorothy . Revier ” THE KING MURDER Matines, 10-186; Might 16-26- Ree | i following information this morn-} ,ing concerning the tropical dis-| turhance im the Caribbean Sea: {| ADVISORY 19236 a m—The| farcid Albury was arrested) } disturbance apparently af | yeaterday on » warrant charging) uodiminished intensity and small bam with the desertion of hin, eter is central this morning) family. intitede 14. longitede 75. and} He will be given @ preliminary moving northwestward ten ee before Judge Hogh Guan heer his morning. }