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Associated Press Day Wire Service VOLUME LIV. No. 163. Silver And Indebtedness Question Permitted :‘To:Be |Never Yet Handcuffed For Murder Discussed At MANY ARRAIGNED — Such Other Subjects Not Creating Dissension Will Also Come Before Con- ference (By Associated Prean) LONDON, July 11.—The Steer- ing committee of the economic} conference today adopted a report providing that the parley will dis- uss silver and the indebtedness puestion and such other subjects; as subcommitties agr be dealt with without diss can jon. This course was recommended by the monetary drafting commit- taken by adopting the group’s report. tee, and action was James M. Cox, member of the the group had unanimously agreed on the procedure for the future pro-} gram, Prime Minister Bennett, of Canada, said at the end of. the| 1 ™monetary committee, said meeting “this agreement will per- mit smooth progres: International debts, both | commercial ; and short term, ida of the ence, although war debts are not/ LARGE GROUP OF RELIEF WORKERS | GOONTOMORROW. WORK IN DIFFERENT SEC. TIONS TOMORROW The largest group of employes that have worked for the Eemer-; gency Relief Council up to now will be working tomorrow when approximately 360 will be actively engaged on different projects Three calls for registrations have been made within the past three working days. On Saturday} 120 were called for Monday, Yes- terday 120 were called for today | | ithe call were as follows: London: Meet FOR NON-PAYMENT OF LICENSE TAX ABOUT THIRTY NAMES WERE GIVEN TO PROSECUTING AT- TORNEY WHO INSTITUTED PROCEEDINGS IN CASES The matter of non-payment of occupational licenses took up a large part of the time in criminal court yesterday. Judge J. Vining Harris, in all cases, gave delin- quents.ample time to settle with the court. Some time ago Frank H. Ladd, tax collector, was advised that it would be necessary that pressure be brought to bear on all delin- quents. In the event of non-pay- ment, the names of delinquents ; would be turned over to the pro- secuting attorney. | . Last week 30 names were given! by the tax collector to J. F. Busto, who had also received instructions from Governor Sholtz to begin ac- tion as soon as court convened. Presented To Judge Immediately informations were prepared and yesterday presented to the judge. In quite a number of instances the delinquents failed to appear. Those who answered to i Newell Thompson had his license ! but had purchased it after a capias had ‘been served. He was given until July 24 to pay the costs of; prosecution. Laureano Moreno has der the same license | e est Citben KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, JULY 11, 1933. U. S. Joins In Hunt For ‘ Pretty Boy’, To Prevent ; (By Associated Press) | KANSAS CITY, July 11—, The department of justice’s order for the arrest of Charles rere) Boy” Floyd in connection with} the union station slayings here! has spurred afresh the hunt for! | | { 1 i | For 53 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West PRICE FIVE CENTS Government Will Use All Powers Unwarranted Increase In Bread Prices, Wallace States the notorious bandit, never yet! handcuffed on a murder charge.! The sensational machine gun’ “massacre” of four officers and) their prisoner at the station plaza! in what was believed to be an at-} tempt to free the prisoner is thel most recent on the trail of crimes! that authorities have laid to him. Served One Prison Term But so far he has served only one prison term—four years the Missouri penitentiary on a highway robbery conviction. In| 1929, shortly aftep his release, | Kansas City police arrested him) half a dozen times, and other ar-! rests elsewhere marked his trail.! He was arrested at Akron,| Ohio, March 8, 1930, for ques-| tioning in connection with the! slaying of a policeman, and again’ at Toledo, O., May 20, 1930.! That was his last trip the; lockup, | Charged with bank robbery at! Sylvania, 0., he escaped from! jail, was recaptured, convicted! and sentenced, but again escaped! by leaping from a train on his; ” way to state’s prison. | Organized Bandit Gang | From Ohio Floyd returned to the vicinity of Sallisaw, Okla., the “Pretty Boy” Floyd, ordered arrested by the department of home of his youth, and organized} - ; “ed justice in connection with the machine gun killing of five men at a band of bank bandits operating) iy, Kansas City union station (below), is wanted for many alleged out of the Oklahoma “hills and! crimes, some of them at the spots indicated on the map. His wife See eee ah et | Geight) calle him a dutiful husband. banks during 1982. 'Woyd’s car was being repaired. Two alleged informers, a fed- Floyd compelled the sheriff to ac. ‘PORTER LEAVING THIS AFTERNOON FOR WASHINGTON | WILL BE JOINED IN CAPITAL BY MEMBERS OF BRIDGE ORGANIZATION TO MAKE! READY FOR ASKING LOAN | 1 | 1 i | | William R. Porter, general man-| er and secretary of the Over-! |seas Read and Toll Bridge Dis. to | trict, will leave this afternoon for | Washington. Arriving at the capital, he will, Se | be joined by Attorney H. M. Tay- Se aoe igs F jor, Engineer Ernest Cotton and! oy | Frank B. Shutts, president of the’ | commission and the final arrange-| | ments and preparations made to! | present the application for the }loan. ¢ | | nee Sere reel for the bond election will be laid. eral prohibition agent, an Ohio’ company him on a drive through’ who lives near Sallisaw, asserted! This eleetion will call for a refers! policeman and an Oklahoma peace’ wéstern Missouri before releasing Charlie was “a good boy” who got | officer all were slain by Floyd, him. into bad company. a $20,000,000 y's” |which is necessary when the loan} After the loan is granted plans endum on issue authorities say. | Floyd blames the police for’ ‘Pretty Boy’s’ wife, Ruby, The hunt for Floyd was spurred driving him into a life of out- 25, says there never was “a more ing.- of) lawry. in granted. |W. Hart, who comes {go until Wednesday, July 19. (MAJOR LOMBARD Telegraphs Mayors Of 49 Cities Announcing Plans Underway In Washing- ton TRANSFERRED T0 MEMPHIS, TENN. WILL TAKE VACATION PRIOR} . 1 (By Associated Press) TO TAKING NEW PLACE; TO) WASHINGTON, July 11.—Sec- BE RELIEVED BY SURGEON retary Wallace today telegraphed R. W. HART | mayors of 49 cities in 25 states | announcing that the government Major M. S. Lombard; U. S. P.| will use full powe: H. S.; chief surgeon at the Marine | a : hospital, has received orders trans-| to prevent “unwarranted increas- ferring him from Key West to the | es in bread prices”. Marine hospital at Memphis, Tenn. He will be relieved by Surgeon R.} from San/« if necessary He has received protests on Sriiclace Galil, ‘unreasonable increases” in bread Major Lombard expected to leave tomorrow for a vacation be-| fore taking over his new charge, | where he will hold the same rank/on wheat which went into effect as chief surgeon he holds here, but} finds that he will not be able to | Sunday. ° { prices in connection with process- ing tax levy of 30 cents a bushel With ‘Mee. Lombard: and tie} 2 eke, ie eee children he intends to spend aj ment of agriculture is receiving while in the northern part of complaints of unreasonable bread | Florida and then go in search of a: prices in your territory.” farm in Georgia or Tennessee, that | is really a farm with cows and!. chickens, pigs and horses. More | ‘M¢reases , than anything else, the horse. [one in excess of the amount in- A place where, in the morning,!volved in the market commodity after a regular farm breakfast,| i. ; 1 fn the children can secure suitable | Pree nerentes, Re ee mounts and go riding on explora-| aX. tion expeditions in the pure sweet! “In the case of bread, special air of the mountains and enjoy|viligance in consumers’ intercats “The department disapproves of in consumers’ bread nature as she is, “I was innocent the first ti tions and was given the same Sherif? Jack Killingswort h when| leniency. Rogelio Cabrera was allowed’ until the same date to procure li- cense and pay the costs. A. Rivero and San Carlos Book Store, produced licenses that were purchased after papers had been | served. They were allowed until | July 24 to pay costs. Jose Pla has no license nor! money with which to procure one, he advised the court. He told his! story through an_ interpreter, Rogelio Gomez, and said that he was barely making sufficient to feed his family. Judge Cites Law Judge Harris advised that the} law was mandatory and must be; obeyed. It will be necessary for| Pla to have his license and the money to pay the costs of prose- eution by July 24. The case of Joseph *Roberts, charged with desertion of his family, was called. Judge Harris from reliable sources that Roberts; is making every effort to provide} for his family and the matter will | be held in abeyance. { and the same number today for tomorrow, The calls were for three, two and one day registrants, and in-' cluded in the list the names of 40/ that he be disqualified. The court | tantic air passage te Europe. women, both whites and colored, who registered when notification ‘was sent out that females would! be used. | It is understood that the work- ers will be paid Friday and the disbursement will be one of the largest made in any one week since the work started. INHAVANA TODAY. HAPPENS IN FRONT OF AMER- ICAN CLUB; PORTER WOUNDED IN LEG (My Associated Presa) HAVANA, July 11. ~—A bomb burst today infrontofthe American | Club, breaking windows | and damaging the front of the building. A porter was wound- ed in the leg as a result of the explosion scourt will recess | next week | court, non-support, will be tried when | court opens on July 24. J. F.j Busto announced that he was re- tained by Mr. Albury and asked granted his plea and appointed | State Attorney John G. Sawyer we prosecute the case. The following jurors were drawn | from the box, the venire being re-| at Reyjavik, leeland, enroute turnable on July 24: F. F. Hoff- nian, Raymond Johnson, J. W. Hat- trick, James H. Adams, James H Carey, J. M. Curry, Wm. T. Arch er, Felipe Marrero, Flores Castillo, James A. Keaton, Ellis Archer, Vincent A, Archer George F. Arch: | er, Elamo Hernandez, T. H. Bor-/} den, Charles C, Curtis, Leon AL| Carry, Wm, H. Felton. | | \ { | garage at Bolivar, Mo., | dutiful husband’ than -hers, and| ¢ that no boy ever had “a more af- jthe latter chanced to enter a they sent me up,” he: told Kil-!fectionate father” than their son, where lingsworth. |Jackie, now 8. ELEMENTS DETER (FLOOD LIGHTS IN 'ALLIEJ. ANGLE. AIR EXPEDITIONS | IN ALL SECTIONS MATTERN RESCUERS, |LIND- BE RIG|H S, ROUND-WORLD-| FLIERS AND MANY OTHERS | IMPATIENT TO START | (By Associated Press) | Five aerial expeditions, pegged to various spots on the globe by| pleasure today before proceeding. | Colonel and Mrs. Charles Lind- Harold Albury, charged with | bergh at North Haven, Maine,| both indi were anxious to push on their; flight to chart a possible transat- | General Balbo, with a fleet of Italian flying boats, was delayed | to! America. | Robert Ellis and William Alex-/ ander were in Nome ae ch J Mattern, the world! flier stranded in Siberia. DRILL PRACTICE |NEW EXPERIENCE FOR, GUARDS ON PARADE GROUND TONIGHT Drilling and maneuvering by | flood lights will be a new exper- | jience for Battery “E” Florida Na-! tional Guards, when they assemble on the parade ground of the army! barracks -tonight. Heretofore practically all of the fexplained that he had learned | bad weather, awaited the elements’! dril! periods have been either in| the armory or the city streets. With the flood lights all maneuvers can be watched and imperfections idual and in formation can be detected more readily. Four poles have been erected on one side of the parade ground. On ,each pole is a powerful light with| reflector. With the rays of these playing over the area the maneu- vers can be carried out under prac-| tically the same conditions that prevail during daylight, it is said. | WILLIAMS BOY GETS HEARING MADE COLLECTOR OF U.S. CUSTOMS EW OFFICIAL IS AN OLD SCHOOLMATE OF VIRGIL S. | LOWE, FORMER LOCAL SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT |N | Allie J. Angle, who was recently appointed by President Roosevelt colleetor of customs of Florida old schoolmate of Virgil S. Lowe. former local school superintendent. iThey both attended the same isehool at Bartow, Fla. | Mr. Angle, who is superinten- ‘dent of the farm for indigents in | Pinellas county, is said to be the {dark horse in the running for this | coveted political position, and his {appointment as successor to Sid- ney C. Brown, the incumbent, me as a distinct surprise to the adherents of the others who were ecking the appointment, it is nown! Among those who were for the collectorship Wall and W. F. Stovail, of Tampa | The Florida District, Number | 18 comprises the state of Florida jand a small area in the extreme outheast corner of Georgia, in- ' 1 | named In New York were Wiley Post,, RELEASED ON CHARGE OF | -)icing the northern chore of St | Judge Harris announced that| who seeks to circumnavigate the’ VAGRANCY BEFORE COURT for two weeks. Important business matters requir ing his attention this week and] County Solicitor J F| Busto will go to Miami to attend | ES WILLS AUNT PIPE ST. LOUIS.—James O'Donovan of this city willed te his aunt a pipe which she had many times scolded him for using. | | | You are sure of QUICK SER- VICE when you bring your pre. scriptions to us. Two grad: | | | Phone 177 Free Delivery PRESCRIPTIONS} * th world alone, and the French team of Rossi and Codes, who plan to cross the Atlantic and seek a dis- | tance record. i IS RECONSTRUCTED Assoeinted Press) MACKINAW CITY, Mich. July; 1.—-New, sharpened cedar pests have been erected in the recon truction of Fort Michilimackinac re, where in 1763, 71 British suldiers were scalped in a famous massacre that began with an In- dian game of lacrosse, used by the Indians to gain entrance into the! fort by tossing the hall over the! atl, THIS MORNING river and the tow: name. N. Goshorn, local deput . expecta to rec | Ma of the col- next week After about two weeks of this, | is imperative. This is no time for It'is the conviction of the com-| Placing unwarrant- with headquarters in Tampa, is an| re Perry G. | terested in the proposed project | later than the first week in Aug- at. i | (Ny Assectated Prens) ALBANY, July 11.—Breaking! day it ranks among tho highest in a three-day sflence, kidnappers of the United States Public Health | young John” O'Connell, 24-year: | °° "* RIFLE TEAM BACK HOME FROM TRIP TO CAMP FOSTER old nephew of upstate democratic leaders, Dan and Ed O’Connell, today sent Dan O'Connell a new; note calling for a‘new coded list of men who might serve as go- betweens for them and the family.' While the family maintain ed the silence kept = si ce) their nephew was kidnaped Fri day morning. It was learned) LOCAL ORGANIZATION TAKES that the kidnepers renewed their SECOND PRIZE DURING A demands for $250,000 ransom and said the original coded list of, COMPETITIVE MATCH HELD RECENTLY too of contact men inserted in 2 news-| paper advertisement Sunday was not acceptable. a The femily today inserted the Albeny Times-Union a coded advertisement |the family will proceed to Mem-/ P¥ramiding. mission and the many others in-|phis and their new home. The hos-| ed burdens on the consumer should i the Mississippi, and the quarters} “The attorney general is being j sits on a high bluff overlooking the | informed of complaints. Govern- 'calm serenity of the Father \ wi ‘ 3 ‘i _ essary.” | The change from the semi-| ‘ | ee | tropical atmosphere of Key West | Tampa was one of thé cities ‘CALLING FOR NEW {tudes and cooler climate of the Howe, head of the section in farm ¢0-BETWEEN IN | Tennessee mountains will be a! administration to protect the in- yespecially after his arduous six / effort will be made to check ad- | years of duty at the hospital here. vances in food prices where they i have been effected for the better-| is | ment of the institution Tt has ROOSEVELT ORGANIZES om a state of mediocrity | | ABDUCTORS OF YOUNG JOHN 4, one of RECOVERY COUNCIL | O'CONNELL STILL HOLD) (hercughiy equipped hospitals in| 5 cident Roosevelt today organ- aoe ala lized a recovery council composed | been increased from time to time | of the cabinet and all special ad OF $250,000 j}and with each increase the effi-)ministrators to combat economic geons and attendants, has been) Frank C. Walker, New York, + corméspondingly added to, until to-| treasurer of the democratic na retary. The super-council was called to cabinet meeting. The group will meet each Tuesday in place of By this onusual method, Presi. dent Roosevelt gets around his his special recovery agencics for @ united attack on the prob- executive offices. However, the cabinet room ¥ held in the President's own ce. has directed q complete survey of government's entire fiscal | pital is situated on the banks of | not be tolerated, | that the loan will be acted on not assigned to the doctor and family | | of ' mental powers will be used if nec- u aters, ton the ocean to the higher alti.| mentioned. Frederick Clemson | beneficial one, the doctor believes, | terests of consumers, said “every KIDNAPING CASE: During that time many changes! are unjustified.” ‘emerged fr ‘one the most modern | and) WASHINGTON, duly ~ tie OUT FOR RANSOM AMOUNT; The size of the institution has} j ciency of the personnel, both sur-| “mergency. tional committee, is executive sec- meet today instead of the regular the cabinet meetings table at the same time sli ch lem. Meetings are to be held in small, ond today's In the rieanwhile the president situation, '; Lieutenant W. Carry Herris, | 265th regiment Florida Nations! ‘Guard, coach for the rifle team and members of the team, return ‘ed to Key West over the h last night. In the competitions at Camp the in| ney LUMBER INTERESTS | HAS FILED CODE WASHINGTON, Jaly 11—The jiumber menafacturers association has filed with the recovery adm NO WORD FROM INVALID BANKER ALTON, Hlineis, July Wintred Williams, who was ar rested Saturdey on a charge agrancy aod was held in county jail until this morning for prelim- inary hearing, was released Justice of the Pe Roberts said this morning evideore in the case was ficient to hold the > was obligated to release him Williams was arrested at same time his brother, Charles. |'¢ait was taken in custed harges | * of theft of a mag: Porter Dock cc being held in ec $250 bend for trial before inal court during the week LOGAN ELM IS NOW BEING REJUVENATED (By ¢ Ansecioted Pr BUS, Ohio, Logan eim ~ Ohio, is sb f rejurex s taken to restore it t roots with rich this year piaal the | cided sign: d green. and t uader | twigs year hare crim-igrosth of six to eight ot) compared to one am om word ef August Leur, invalid banker, hes been received kidnapers seized him in bis ome as he rested in his bedroom slippers before retiring He was abducted iast night br a comely young women and two men. Relatives eageriy sweit com- munication from the kidnapers STRAND THEATER James Dane—Gloria Stuart In GIRL IN 419 ine Constance Bennett in BED OF ROSES Matines, 19-18; Night, 15-2 Foster, the Key West aggregs piclagsed by teams who ally practicing ‘with amall arms. It ix with the heavy calibred coast defense guns that Battery “E” would prove, and have proved, their ability as serkemen. | The three winning team, were |from the same regiment of infan- jtry, the 124th. Company “F” en first price. Company “E” tock second and Company “D” teaptared the third. Members of the Key West rifle tem are Sergeant Joaquin Rema guera. Carporals Octavio Recio lant Victer Watkins, Privates C. R. [Resnett and Fernando Stirrup. were are con’ stration a code of fair competition for the entire ftumber industry Public hearings will be held ten days henee. The industry thus becomes the second major group to emier the \eovrernment wage raising and imiting grogram. The cotton ile industry wes first, It was suthoritatively indicated ‘the lomber code proposed a natinn- ae! rsaximum 48-hour week, this to be scaled down to 40 in certain | sections. | Wags scales are sito regione! | with the professed intention on the part of the industry of resizing the leverage purchasing power of their | workers to 1926 level. tex

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