The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 10, 1933, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service VOLUME LIV. No. 162. Trio Charged With Slaying Joe Johnson Pay Penalty In Electric Chair At Raiford e i} Palmer Makes Statement Prior To Going To His Death Today At Prison Camp (iy Axsoctated Presa) RAIFORD, July 10.—In Florida’s first triple execu- tion, Louis Leavine,« Victor! Palmer and Norman: Heidt died-in the électric chair at the state farnmtoday for the murder‘ofWJoe B. Johnson, of Tampa. All went calmly to the cheir. Neither Leavine nor Heidt made @ statement. « Palmer stopped the preacher as the straps were adjusted and said, “YF want to make a statement. Ed Leavine turned us up for $1100. I don’t hold it against anybody.” He also said he had been prom- fsed life imprisonment. Sheriff W. £E. Proctor, of} For 53 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West The Key West Citisen — KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, JULY 10, 1933. Bridge Commission Onensial © In Key West Today; Porter ~ General Manager, Secretary SEVERAL CASES | HEARD TODAY IN | LINDBERGH AIR TRIP DELAYED BY HEAVY FOG. | LAND, MAINE; CARRIED; SLEEPING EQUIPMENT <P” Biait In CoBis Lane And How It Saves Their Cash! TSS JONES, CAN] (NO, PROFESSOR, BUT You EXPLAIN 0 PIECES. OF “TOAST: THE BINOMIAL DIVIDED BY ONE eee HAM THEOREM? || SweLt Sanpwicu er TEXTILE PLANTS BECOME PLEASED OVER NEW CODES, RECOVERY ADMINISTRATOR IS AUTHORITY FOR STATE. MENT MADE IN PRESIDENT) ROOSEVELT’S PROGRAM (By Assoeinted Prexs) HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, 10.—A fog enfolding the Atlantic| July { Shutts; All Preliminary Work Dealing With Pro- posed Activities Of Organization Completed At Meeting William R. Porter was elected general manager and secretary of the Commission of the Overseas Road and Toll Bridge District at the first meeting of the Commission held in the court room of the county court this afternoon. Norberg Thompson, who was elected vice chairman, presided in the absence of Frank B. Shutts, who was unan- imously elected on motion of R. D, Freeman, member from coast has interrupted Colonel and_ Mrs. Lindbergh’s flying expedition to Greenland and Iceland. Taking off from New York for! Halifax yesterday, they landed! near Rockland, Maine, three and/ JAMES ROLLE SENTENCED TO SIX MONTHS AT HARD LA- BOR FOR THEFT OF croc.! ERIES | | James Rolle was sentenced to} | six months at hard labor in crim-| Miami. A imal court this morning when he} A telegram from Mr. Shutts was read showing that it ‘plead guilty to stealing groceries; Was impossible for him to be present as he is now in Wash- valued at $5. | ington performing services in connection with the bridges Rolle was a member of a boat’s| Project, and it is imperatively necessary that he remain crew. He knew the groceries ee there for the time being. be the boat and decided that be-| Mr. Thompson suggested that the general manager ing a member of the crew he es and secretary, Mr. Porter, will likely be absent the great- entitled to the stock of food. ti er portion of the time for the next sixty days and that (By Associnted Press) ‘ WASHINGTON, July Hugh S. Johnson, recovery admin- i612 quarter hours later, a wir | message announced. iegheridaliitedsy bel weviniermerioscs sent ete nt thee Lind. $4 thaé the textile industry was so] Pe?shs wade their: red _pontoon- well pleased with the code newly | °a¥ipped ship fast in some cove Rockland. They carried Promulgated by. President Roose-|"°*" | sleeping equipment. FUNDS OF PUBLIC velt that many plants intend to put it into operation right away. At a meeting of labor and con-) sumer, industrial advisory com: | mittees today sought to map out! “—And a pinch of sa Thus, cookbook in hand, Cornelia court decided different. Norberg Thompson Presided In Absence Of Frank B..« + a future policy for a recovery Tampa, kissed Palmer before the! program and considered setting | WORKS ONLY FOR | Sawyer (left), Ohio Wesle: n university, takes her turn in the | | an assistant secretary be appointed to act in these periods “kitchen police” detail at one of the co-op cottages where coveds Jose Lopez, charged with gamb- of ahiauca: mask was put over his head and times for hearings on a number of learn housekeeping and save money. The girls even swing a ham- ling was arraigned and pleaded said, “I hope you hold no ill feel- ing toward me.” * The Tampa sheriff threw the Switch on all of the three. Known As “Buick Joe” » @Soseph B. Johnson, Tampa au- tomobile dealer, who was com- monly known as “Buick Joe,” due to the fact that he was the first agent of that make of automobile in Tampa, was waylaid at night, and was shot-end: killed. as,he- his garage and started to enter an partment nearby where he re- sided. _ It was sometime before anyone became linked with the murder, there being much speculation over Who fired the fatal shot, and the| motive for same, which was later mecepted as being robbery. -Johneon had built up quite a lu- erative auto business in Tampa, and had considerable money from all accounts. The case caused quite a stir in Tampa inasmuch as was quite popular in both and business circles. WILLIAMS BROS. ONE CHARGED WITH LAR-| CENY AND OTHER HELD FOR VAGRANCY Charles (Red) Williams was ar- rested Saturday afternoon by Chief Deputy Clements Jaycocks, on a grand larceny charge of stealing a magneto from the Por- ter Dock company. He was arraigned for hearing this morning before Justice of the | Peace Frank 0. Roberts. He waiv-! ed preliminary examination and! was bound over for trial at the! next term of criminal court. Bond was fixed at $250, Winfred Williams, brother of! Charles, was arrested at the same | time Saturday on a charge of vagrancy. He will be givén a preliminary hearing morning. RE-ENTERS SCHOOL IN : TEXAS AT AGE OF 29 (My Annocinted Prensa) HOUSTON, Tex., July 10.—At! the age of 29, Joe Butts has re- entered a Houston High school to complete his secondary schoo! ed- ucation and make himself eligibie to enter the University of Texas. Financial troubles compelled him to leave school 10 years ago. } tomorrow NATIONAL CASH REGISTER CO. Representative in Key West MONDAY & TUESDAY Showing both new aed second hand CASH REGISTERS Lecated In Colonial Hotel Bidg. stoyned»proposals: of: the oi! indus-| NEEDED PROJECTS! ' INDICATIONS OF RECOVERY IN CAUSE A SLOWING UP OF ACTIVITY, SAYS SAWYER guilty. He was sentenced to pay; elected to act. ‘a fine of $25 and costs or spend minor codes now on file with the administration. No final decision was reached, but announcement of one is to be expected shortly. Johnson has received several) codes, submitted by the steel in-| dustry, but said he had rejected| each one for changes that would; bring industry into line with the} recovery acts purpose. Likewise he said he had re- mer, as the photo of Phyllis Niew ohner shows. Miss Mollie M. Parker was unanimously (Ns Aanocintea Press) jmately $100 each in the two se- 30 days in jail. { MEMBERS SUBSCRIBE TO OATH ‘DELAWARE, Ohio., July 10.—/| mesters® Manolo Lopez admitted to hav-! : The four members of the board present, Norberg INDUSTRY NOT TO! Thank Ohio Wesleyan university) To be sure, life in the “co-op ing one five-gallon demijohn of] Thompson, Leo H. Warren, R. D, Freeman and Faustino ke house” was not exactly a sinecure, white rum, two gallons of bacardi & candi- try for additional data on employ- ment. Resolve On Seal Resolved, that the seal of the district shall be circular in form ‘and bear the following words and ‘figures, viz: “Overseas Road and | Tolt Bridge District, a Political Subdivision of Florida, seal, 1933," and that the impression seal now MAKES CATCH OFF MORRO! rebeatived to the board, be and the same is hereby adopted, and the CASTLE IN HAVANA | secretary is directed to impress HARBOR jsame on the margin of the page jin the Minute Book where this | resolution bd recorded, : The following resolution was (Havana Post) y om ‘ Ernest Hemingway, iaternatien| Meno ee meet jally Known writer, who, for the) ings of the hoard beheld on the [past three months, has been fish+' first and third, Mondays of each ing in Cuban waters in search of a ‘and every month at one o'clock in record swordfish, neared his am-! ine afternoon at the headquarters bition yesterday when, undided. he’ of ihe district. caught, a 468-pound marlin off!” Further resolved, that special | Morro Castle after playing the big) nectings of the board may be held ee 2c ENE jfish for one hour and five min-' jy ‘all of the chairman, or viee- a zi hag ie: ah wae: tha: Silty tiene chairman upon dekty-<igt mp” wi - Ne i vi i | marlin caught during the period'{”'tng ‘members of the boxed. het the author has been fishing! 54, Thompson, vice-chairman, ere. ... ,. then directed that the addresses of When the fishing yacht Anita, in the members be supplied. Therc- charge of Capt, Joe Russell. of; pon the fallowing addresses were as |Key West, arrived ot the San Fran-; 7" 02" 04 auproved: |ciseo docks, it was the sigual for! WT ey Bh shetts, 1488 $. Bay The four masted schooner Blake-' 2 huge assembly, a8 ail fish caught: oi. or6 Drive, Minmil, Fle. ly, from Belize, British Honduras,|t> date ha been distuibuied go py Preeman. 20 N. W. 47th arrived in port yesterday with a among those wishing them for Terrace, Mian, Fis. The-cargo ts{ toed. Faustino RewAueles, 416 Plem: . G. A.i The fish wes weighed on the ing street, Key West, Fis. customs house scales and whe: Leo. H. Warren, 412 Elisabeth measured it was found to be 12 t. Key West, Pla. ng. She experienced heavy feet, 8% inches long. i rberg Tho 1319 Deval weather, due to the hurricane of! Although the author believed hel cy nee Key Went, Fie 2 last week and lost a spar and’ had broken the record for Attan-; Fe one sail. She wes towed up to the /tic coast fishing for a meriin/ rther Reselutions + ¥F. E. C. terminal wharf by the tug | ht by one person, he made no| The canine J resolution ‘as Petrel of the Porter Dock com-/ save that he plenned to / qranimous $ pany $ the record made this year) Resolved, that no compensation The Blakely is owned by John! when two persons landed « wr be paid sap. sone mene, Oe. a r > § th: ja- retary o ¥ gram, of Tampa, and gris coe gee at Cat Key, in the \ the fecthie order of Cie bad i mmmeove e The following resolution was made | Pe | i | (By Ansoetated Press) ATLANTA, » July = 10.— Nineteen persons were killed in week-end accidents over South, eight by automo- seven by drowning, one by train, one by horse, one by a fall, and one by accidental discharge of a gan. Louisiana and Mississippi LONDON, July that the tax, if reflected in full;been advocated by President} up the present phase of the ec- to consumer, should not increase; Roosevelt: and Director of the the price of a pound loaf more! Budget Lewis D: Douglas. Director than one-half cent. ‘Douglas has taken the stand that/ tentatively decided on today by Wallace can require all bakers’ only st: with balanced budgéts! dealers to obtain licenses to op-, Shall be allowed to participate sin erate and abide by specific regula-'the allocation ‘of ‘federal funds. tions governing prices under the This contention of the Director of farm act, but this use of drastic the reac y pes ae the ver. ia. ni ree if in-| Provision of he Industrial Recovery ea 5 - ; administrators said. to withhold funds from states! deadlock more than a week over middle of the road policy between) which have not satisfactorily ad-| .,/gold and non-gold countries, | |justed their finances. of monetary stabili- Chamberlain concluded by advis-| . E. ROBERTS President Roosevelt is studying; zation, and many leading dele. ing ‘to keep our heads.” FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE sine oC pens abi a pitt: ROBBED SUNDAY CONDUCTED THIS AF- —— | TERNOON force. crop st college teed .,. |but many of those who withstood and four sacks of beer unlawful-| Rendueles, then stood and with raised right hands eub- dates for kichen duty that is big-\i¢s hardships think it was worth ly in his possession. Judge J. Vin-| scribed to the oath of office as administered by Represen- ger and better than ever? ithe inconvenience—or will be, ing Harris sentenced him to pay) tative William V. Albury, More than 40 co-eds gained they add, between blushes. ja fine of $25 and costs or take! * resentative ‘ ° practical experience this year in|. There was one cooperative cot- the alternative of 30 days in jail| Me scene £ Pote Rebineasy rep from (United States Daily) REL CREE essfulgtase at Westleyan in 1931-32.| Andre Navarro entered @ plea Dade County, and J. Lancelot Lester, Expenditures ont of the $3,300,+j home-making through Saucers (lapmst fall: two more were-added: ~ '0f and-wes given: the J that the headquarters of the : 000,000 public works fund will be | experiment in cooperative housing’ ‘qn the work is done by co-eds saine sentence of $25 and costs or! as the First National Bank of Key West, the First National made only fo ressential construc-|—so successful, in fact, it will be|—some cooking, others waiting 30 days. Bank of Missal ‘and Mich othériale it he found : tion. However, the present indi-| repeated on an even bigger scale; table, others washing dishes and| Pelican Roost, on Key Largo,| "ne Of Niiams pe pa gee ehh 0 Gi TAKE UP INCREASE cations of industrial recovery will | next year. still others sweeping and dusting. ‘charged with selling beer without| necessary to have headquarters in the future. Ee ereAp FRICES pe cause a slowing up of. con-| Not only were the woman stu- Each: girl gets:one free week a, ®. license, iahywad teat Shs lieensal On motion duly carried, Acting Chairman Thompson WASHINGTON, July 10.—The <ideration of public works. On{dents taught their way around a|ZONth—a week when she is just had been purchased and costs in, appointed R. D. Freeman and Leo H. Warren a committee Department of Justice today was! the contrary, every effort is being] xj i Spree Donec ae eet note nee of two to prepare bylaws and regulations to govern the formulating a policy for’ dealing, ae Ma ri Lane hak ¢ kitchen stove and cabinet; theyjan older woman who acts as, a : prepa! sdb 8" ® ith Sunveuaonetle” “increases ih “selecting nicely ee plebtn, of! also were able to save approxi- “house mother.” MANY DEATHS IN actions of the commission, bread prices coming in wake of al These statehients were * —_— oe — $$ eee ats ae ates bushel processing tax on July 6 by Col. Donald H. Sawyer. rs | Pests ene that eh ian == T Ondon Cont Will _ WEEKEND MISHAPS HEMINGWAY LANDS the weekend, jlie Works, following a meeting of on on on erence 1 Sacesbisiats cot increases, which the Special Board’ for Public : . —_— él ANT SWORDFISH retary Wallace considers “too! Works. Col. Sawyer announced > high” are being turned over to that the board had deferred final Adjourn For Indefinite FIGURE FOR SOUTH PLACED Attorney General Cummings for| action on the proposed $400.000.- AT NINETEEN PER- WEE. investigation and possible prosecu-' 000 federal public works program e ° | tion under anti-trust laws, where!submitted by. various federal Period Comin Jul 26 SONS increases are being put into effect| agencies until a conference it will g y by groups of bakers’ dealers. thold July 11. Wallace said he has obtained | Essential Projects : deo acscoctea eeaas reports of increases up to sixty; Consideration of only the most —Windi i | percent, He takes the position! essential public works projects has rs Mere! iis anus tame tacletea Great Britain’s basie policy is enomic conference on July 26 was raising wholesale commodity pric- i@ ' s.. He declared this was not pos-; committee, sible by monetary action alone, ‘although certain monetary factors} must be present as a necessary |preliminary to raising the price! ‘level. the parley steering a usually| jit was understood in ML inf, e well informed souree. entucky, North Caro- ) three, the question | | frankly asserted its under present cir- cumstances would be useless. works program, which entails an The American delegation, how- increase in the federal debt. }ever,-has been fighting strenuous- Fund Alletted to Date 'ly to keep the conclave at work. Thus far only the $400 000.000 The meeting today will decide ponies valley ae hoehcheretal Sw subjects should be included! ‘have been allocated out of the | im the revised agenda for congress, fund provided by the Recovery| 2nd the steering committee d Act. No action has been taken ed to eliminate d ssion of s' the board on the $590.000,000 of ;sidies and commercial! policies, non-Federal publie works projects | cluding tariffs and quotes. now being studied for the board; The nittee by engineers of the Reconstruction | however, jecide whether Finance Corperation monetary questions whict New York is the only state | pean gold ¢ which has had its proposal for ex it with iture ef its allotment of fed- ad funds approved by Act statement following a conference! jeargo of cedar logs. contin: | with the president, said that his| ee FIFTEEN DOLLARS TAKEN AT prnsigned to the master, concern is for strict justification RESIDENCE OF MR. AND of every project in the public One topmast of the vessel is MRS. E. SWEETING | Mrs. Elitabeth F. Roberts, 72 yeats old. died yesterday after- noon, 1:30 o’clock at the residence of her son-in-law, Willard Albury, 1881 White street. Funeral ser- vices will be held this afternoon, 5:20 o'clock from the residence to the Congregational church, Rev E. R. Evans, officiating. Pallbearers will be Charles Mat- hews, Eddie Roberts, Charles Al- © j | ‘| The home of Mr. and Mrs. Emil { Sweeting, at $26 Eaton street wa: d robbed yesterday a. 3 and 4 cash was stolen. unable, the enter. Euro anot be a ternoon between clock. rt $18 in There was no y is her home port. ** MARINE AMBULANCE runt ay stabilization hould be irafting Abo is and ee to unanimously adopted: Resolved, that the district pro- feoed with the of toll one at hom treated, oan the time and the thieves thorough-j bury, E. Albertus, W. W and Sonnie Knowles. Kni, the Golden Eagle and Ladie ple of the order will attend Funeral arrangements are in charge of the Benjamin Lopez Funeral Home. Mrs, Roberts is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Macie FE. Albury: one son, S. Owen Sawy two brothers, Edward Lowe and Ren- jamin Lowe, of Miami; tv children, Miss Elizabeth Woo: S. Owen In, Pinder Sawyer calture R G. Tugwell, and Secretary of the - Interior Harold L. Iekes, chairman! , of the Special Board for Pubiic Works, who are in chadge of al- locating such funds. : ACQUITTED OF CHARGE CHRICAGO,—George Maley of this city. was acquitted the Miss Elia Larte had ider this cont and report to the steering ter ly ransacked the home. group drawer and receptacie of any kind building Every bridges and toll highways to com i plete the uncompleted sections of NOW SERVES MIAMI (Ry Assectated Freand tomorrow After meeting today stated the conference would adjourned for an indefinite riod, perhaps two months. it was dae ad | CHAMBERLAIN GIVES *_ VIEWS ON SUBJECT LONDON, July 10 was searched but as far as can| be determined nothing but the cash was sioien. . Though the thieves § of Mr. Sweeeting « there were handy to e the two MIAMI, Pla, July 10—A see | Overseas Highway U. 8. No. 1 going ambulance, capable of 35; Donal P. Hanrahan. at egatonl (Continned on Page Four) | miles an hour, baa been launched the steemship Ouncide . ot aes here. It carries « radio and all/ brought ashore Satarday night and STRAND THEATER emergency first aid equipment. | placed im the Marine hospital fer Constance Bennett in |W. L. Phillwick, the owner, says} treatment. } BED OF ROSES is intended to take patients} The Porter Deck company was mar eae from paiaing ships, rescue parties | requested, by radio, to send a ver-: kh Gi P ES Histress or small boats and tojsel out te the ship for the xuf-) WOMEN WON'T TELL ond to calls at the beaches or! ferer. The Petrel was sent out} nearby waters. lend returned with the petient. Matinee, 19-Ie; Might, 15-25<