The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 12, 1933, Page 1

SEE Associated Press Day Wire Service VOLUME LIV. No.. 164. Roosevelt Now Considers Blanket Order In Program | To Fix Wages In Industry President, However, Is Pleased With Progress| Toward Establishment; Of Codes (By Associated Preps) WASHINGTON, July President Roosevelt, while pleased with the pro; lishing industrial codes, is consid- ering a blanket order to provide minimum wages and limited hours s toward estab. until the recovery program goes inte effect. That he is devoting the major part of his attention to work to- ward codes, under which tries would yoluntarily or be r indus- guired to set up a minimum w: and maximum work hour sched- ules, became more plain today, but it was emphasized in high quarters he would be guided in his course by views of industrial administra- tor Hugh Johnson, now working on ® plan possibly involving a blad: ket order. While anxious for speed, it is said that the . president realizes that the establishment of codes is ® tremendous taik for any indus. OFF TO RESUME | TREK TO NORTH DESTINATION OF FAMOUS COUPLE UNKNOWN; BE- LIEVE STOP AT ST.*JOHNS SCHEDULED (My Associnted Proms) HALIFAX, July 12.—Colonel Lindbergh and wife hopped off from here today for the next stage of a projected trip for map- ping an aerial route over Labra- nd. “no particular dor and Gree: They left. for destination but are bound north- ward.” They had cle: Newfou: |, however, and it is believed they will stop at St. Johns before proceeding. FLORIDA TAKES 67 PASSENGERS The steamship Florida, of the P. and O. S. S. company, sailed for Havana yesterday passengers, 24 from Tampa and 43 from Key West, five automo- biles, 106 sacks of mail and four tens of freight. Ferry Parrett arrived 4:50 o'clock yest¢rday afternoon from Havana with one car of avocados, 70 sacks offmail and seven empties Freightér Comal, of the Clyde Mallory lines, is due at the Mal lory dock témorrow evening. After taking carde she will leave for Mi ang and Jagksonville. entree ae rr Ag STRAND THEATER Neif Hamilton-Sheila Terry In THE SILK EXPRESS Also-—~ James Dunn-—-Gloria Stuart In GIRL IN 419 if Matinee, 10-15; Night, 15-25¢ j (By Associated Press) CHICAGO, July 12.—An old! American institution, the county fair balloon ascension, will be am-} plified and modernized at the} Century of Progress exposition | along about July 15. } ‘PORTER LEAVES of the United States navy will pi- lot the latest development in Pic- ‘ card-type balloons in an attempt! WILL JOIN OTHER REPRE-|,, break the world alfitude record! SENTATIVES PREPARATORY | of 53,153 feet, set last year by! TO REQUESTING NEcEs.| ‘*® Belgian, Auguste Piccard. i Midnight Set For Start SARY LOAN FOR PROJECT The start will be made at mid-| night from Soldier field stadium.| with the objective something over} Wm. R. Porter, general manager!10 miles up and a possible 24- lof the Monroe County Road andj hour flight ahead. s 2 | the world’s largest free balloon East Const yesterday aftertioon Ji be Auguste’ Piccard’s twin going direct to Washington, .D. C.! brother, Jean, as scientific obse There he will meet Frank B./ ver, particularly of apparatus de- Shutts, chairman of the commis-j signed to measure and count cos- sion, H. H. Taylor, attorney, and {mic rays, science’s intriguing new Ernest Cotton, one of the engi-j Plaything. : ‘ neers, members of the organiza-| Separate cosmic ray measuring) | tion who have been in Washington! tii, H. Compton of the Univer. | Millikan of the California Inst: tute of Technology will be carried} aloft in an effort to gain new tive in the legislature from Dade, | Knowledge of the rays over whose source and nature these men, No- ee ‘in hey eater i bel prize physicists, have carriedon will leavé for Washington to take |® friendly scientific- controversy. This Gondola’s Lighter part in the proceedings when the! Hopes for a new, record rest loan, for the construction of the{ Jon the larger bag, the lightness of the bridge proposition. Later in the week it is expected that Pete Robineau, representa- 1g | Toll Bridge District, left over the, In the airtight metal gondola of machines built by Professors Ar-} : | attending to matters pertaining to’ gity of Chicago and Robert A.|.: | the gondola—made of magnesium) jalloy only 75 percent as heavy as} ithe duralumin sphere of Piccard’s} ;European ascensions—and the skill of Lieut.-Comm. Settle, three- time winner of the Gordon Ben- with 67; —o he Kep West Citsen KEY WEST FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 1933. ‘See The Balloon Chase Cosmic Rays’ ---Here’s A Stunt For Chicago's Fair ecccccoceoecoee eoopee eoccecece Up, Up Into The Stratosphere Lieut.-Comm. T. G. W. Settle here looks out of the gondola of stratosphere balloon in which he will try to beat Prof. Auguste Piceard’s record of 53,153 feet. Prof. Jean Piccard (inset), twin of Auguste, will go along to study cosmic rays. The ascent ched- uled for July 15 from Chicago’s C entury of Progress exposition (be- low). th 55 below zero. fifth filled with gas at the start, “~ Painted Black and White {but it is estimated that it will ex- This year’s sphere will also be! pand to full capacity as it rises painted black and white, but on! through the raré atmosphere of a “north and south hemispheres” | the troposphere into the strato- scheme, in the hope that thus the sphere. heat and cold will- be equalized) From there on up its rise will more or less ‘satisfactorily. {depend on the skill and judgment The midnight start will enable of Settle in releasing ballast of the balloonists to get maximum sand and lead dust, the latter serv- lift, according to Settle’s calcula-\ing the added purpose of insula- tions. The bag will be only one-| tion for the cosmic ray machines. bridges, is asked. before the train left he was feel- ing very optimistic as to the out- of work yet to be accomplished be- fore the matter will be in concrete opinion that ‘the question willbe} gro? § setord> fight ‘the Pic: settled and the loan. denied or | carg ‘Scie skinner weeks. ou i spheres, but it was impossible to i GIVES ADDRESS regulate its turn, and: it happen-) side .was sunward: most of , the time, and the tall soientist roasted ; stratosphere, where the outside ;air temperature is constant at | MIAMIANS | According to a recent issue of t The Miami Herald, the Shenan- | COMMITS SUICIDE: addressed by Gaines Wilson on! | rare shade trees little known in! ‘tive, others introduced but adapt-| “ a ad to. thas Biimaate. j OF MALFEASANCE; CRITIC : called attention to several trees! ‘grown in Key West that ‘are un-’ ners ted out were the calophylium, | known as the Alexandrian laurel, Mr, Porter told The Citizen jee but there was a great deal shape. However, he. is. of the nett trophy. granted within the next. four/and half white. in verticle hemi-! led that the black, or absorptive, i ON RARE TREES = 100 degrees while floating the SEVERAL IN KEY WEST SAID | 1 | SHOOTS DEPUTY, | |doah Garden Club of Miami w on 1 that area, some of them being na-' FACED RECALL AND CHARGES In his talk on trees, Mr. Wilson; ALLY WOUNDS HIS CHIEF known to Miamians. Those point- ® which Mr. Wilson said is from the, MILWAUKEE, July | 12.—City (By Associated Prenx) } East Indiés, and may be found in! Controller Louis Kotecki died to- Key West. ae a vie ie ; day from a bullet he fired into his ; : : right temple, after ‘shooting and) \Wileon stated that this tree de.{*¥7, William Wendt. {rived its name from the late. Kotecki was under indictment i Charles Geiger, resident of Key °? charges of malfeasance and | West since 1822. Its habit of; {ced recall. jcontinual bloom is an unusual char-| Death followed the double shoot- ; acteristic, it was pointed out. jing in the controller's office dur. Rare in Miami, Mr. Wilson cail- | !?% @ conference between Kotecki led attention to the Spanish lime, | #4 Wendt. one of the dominant shade trees of Key West, which produces a delicious fruit little known to Mi- FLORIDA GRANT FOR COUNTY JAIL FOR UNEMPLOYED PRISON intebibtéin GREATLY, PLEASED WITH CON- AMOUNT LOWER THIS TIME DITIONS THAN PREVIOUS Monroe county jail and the con- GRANT . : ditions existing there are up to the — requirements and perfect credit is Sa a accorded Sheriff K. 0. Thompson and his deputies in the report of M. R. Gates, prison inspector | Mr. Gates is connected with the} state department of agriculture.) and in his capacity of inspector of | prisons, visits at intervals aii pris- ‘ons in his district. WASHINGTON, July 12.— Florida today received an un- employment grant of $478,- 575, Harry Hopkins, federal emergency administrator, an- He arrived yesterday and after a thorough inspection of the coun- ty prison stated that it was 100 percent in every way. granted $534,457 R jallor nounced. The state was previously said Leon To Increase Prison Guards Toward Preventing Escapes ‘ .._'LIGHTS ON FERRY’ (Ny Assoctated Press) TALLAHASSEE, JULY The board of comm joners state institutions today directed hat the number of guards at Rai- ford prison be increased from 43 UP WORK CARRIED/ON IN THAT SECTION to 60 as a means of decreasing the number of escapes. There have been 100 escapes ine and‘51 recaptures since the first The lighthouse tengier has ‘dean of , | mained but little | Christopher Wren rebuilt it after, UL 3. Move Against Discussion Of Central Bank Cooperation By For 53 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West PRICE FIVE CENTS Delegation At London 'LONDON’S ‘GLOOMY DEAN’ PLANNING TO FORMER COLLEGE TUTOR AT OXFORD GAINS WORLD REP- UTATION FOR PESSIMISM BY ACTIVITIES (Ry Aswoeinted Press) LONDON, July 12.—Back in | Oxford where he was a college tu- jtor 44 years ago, England’s fam- ous “gloomy dean” will seek rest jand tranquility next year. |. He is the Very Rev. W. B. Inge, St. Paul's cathedral, whose salty remarks—both ton- ‘a world reputation for pessimism. Friends Call Him “Bright” ‘tinue at his post “at least another . |12 months” and then turn his back | cn the somber deanery that has re- changed It has been solemnity, those who: know him in- timately describe him as one of | {the wittiest and brightest of com- | panions. And all of his speeches are not “gloomy.” Some time ago he peer- RETIRE NEXT YEAR’ gued and penned—have given himi | Just, turned 78, he plans to con-| country.” His uncle’s destination | *ub-committee on permanent since | but there was no definite informa- London's great e. | Dean Inge’s h Mor 22 years. | | ‘Though: his reputation is one of | Federal Reserve Board Ve- toes Participation By American Unit At Ec- Conference ‘CLAIM ABDUCTED | YOUTHRELEASED; MONEY TURNED IN} | onomic | | | ALBANY NEWSPAPER CAR- | RIES ACCOUNT OF PRO- | CEEDINGS STATING $20,-| {900 WAS AGREED UPON (Ny Axsociated Brews) LONDON, July 12.—The Amer ican Federal Reserve Board, it i understood in authoritative quar. ters today, has vetoed any partici pation by the United States dele. tion to the economic (By Associated Press) ALBANY, July 12.—The Eve-; confer: ning News said today it had been! ; informed that kidnaped John| O’Connell, Jr., had been released, | \“or release would be effected to-| tion calling for central bank co- | day,” in the Catskill Mountains. ence in discussion of the resolu: | The ransom paid the paper said, | °P°rston- | was $20,000, | This resolution was backed by Rumors that return of the! youth was imminent, was inten.| the European gold bloc and has | sified when:Dan O'Connell, uncle,! been under consideration by the {left camp “for a ride into the! was not revealed. 1 Rumors spread when it wal patna learned his uncle left the camp,| It is stated that Senator Key told the sub-committee of the Fed- eral Reserve Board, he felt th, resolution was “premature.” De- tion to indicate whether he had any hope of making contact that) might lead to restoration of his nephew. ASK POLICE TO DROP SEARCH ALTON, QL, July 12s-—-Hoping \kidnapers of August Luer, weal-j | thy 71-year-old banker, might be- i af) ROUTER AK ED vations hut, howling, and {a tom-tom. In civilized countries LIGHTHOUSE TENDER} WINDS, H com- gin negotiations today for pansomn.| members of thé Luer family ask-! ed police to drop the search for the abductors and withdraw from the case. { At the conference, Luer’s three} isons, William, Herman and Carl,| {decided on the withdrawal of the (police necessary to allow the kid- |napers an opportunity to arrange jed more, than 1,000 years into the j future. Among the things he saw were no more wars, no more tariff walls, and no more infestious dis- eases—except the common cold. Prays For World Parley | __ But he has been pessimistic, too. He said recently: “I don’t want to {ke other than hopeful about our { future, but I certainly think that as a great power England culmi {said “We offer our prayers for} MAGNATE DIES ence he drew a laugh from the doc- | sided he added: ‘‘So are you, doc- ,for the release of their father. | nated in the nineteenth century. this conference, for Christianity | { | tors by saying “The clergy as a ORT ABTACK OS LAIMS| \ tors,” and: | | SEE LEEE RR | | With the world economic con-| SON OF LATE | {ference in session in London, he | } and civilization are on trial Speaking before a health confer-| jclass are timid, and afraid to speak GOULD AT COUNTRY | Jout.” When the chuckles had sub- HOME | “In West Africa a godo ‘bedside | ‘manner’ consists in dancing in the; (ity Associated Vresn) OYSTER BAY, July d beating | velopment immediately created a sensation, | Some members of the | j tee asserted this: man resolution calling for, among other thi al return of the gold standard, reduction of gold to cover twenty-five percent, and optional use of silver for one fifth this. American quarters, however, denied that federal . reserve veto had anything to do with the Pittman resolution. MRS. M. ALBURY | DIES THIS A. M. DEATH OCCURS IN NEW OR. LEANS; BODY TO BE 12.—Edwin Gould, son of the late Jay Gould, Pioneer railroad mag- nate, died at his coun- try home here of a heart attack today. He was 67. His widow survives, ithe method is quieter, but the in-} itention is the same. ITALIAN ARMADA — | ON LONGEST HOP BROUGHT HERE Mrs, Miriam Albury, widow of the late Eugene L. Albury, died ‘this morning in New Orleans, where she has been making her new home for the two months, past of the year. 1 : pleted the work of rpcharging and | < = si nd Pe i ilanniompenyetioe ea The information was received a ee sera oe j ok repairing lights on fhe ferry route FIFTEEN HUNDRED MILE this inochi Mo tulameae teak full power under the new law to! between No Name Key and Lower FLIGHT STARTED MANY CARS STILI James W. Bristow, husband _ of commission camp captains and Matecumbe and afffived at Miami | TODAY | Wilma May, daughter of the de guards and its employes to vesterday mornin | SHY OF LICENSE ased. No details. wore : over convicts used on highways. A telegram t his effect was —_— “bt to the death of Birs. Ai Nathan Mayo heard the prison received at headfilMarters yesterday (Ny Associated Preas) ' nee ae . “ 2 system recently notified captains and H. B. Hask sistant super. ia ie iy wi arrive over the and guards they no longer. held! ;.tenaoxt egress REYRCAVES,. t0tr 1? Since the sale of automobile Ji-/ East Const Priday and will be tak d ntendent, left HMifthe afternoon to/ General Malbe's ermada of | o¢ ted in Monro en to the Loper Funeral Home commissions under biz. tags sin the vesse Italian seaplanes left today on = ty more than 59 have be chapel on Bahama street, An eas ae 5 One of th inited States engi a fifteen hundred mile hop to tod there are quite a num- nouncement of funeral arrange MURRAY Al j Ows neers from Mh¢sub-office at Mi-! Cestwright, Labrador, the | dér © ill being operated mente will then be made ami Beach Jriff meet Mr. Haskins to | minas the tag. : onesies and the PBin¢iana will proceed te | Not alt of those owners who 0 fintet while an inspection f the new cuts that h 3.2 BEER SALE" ,! Chicago. have feiled to purchase. the tags are operating their vehicles, it ix dged between the i LOCAL FOLK GOING hewn, as quite 2 number bave and Mimi i been taken out of service “ALFALFA BILL” DECIDES TO poMtions for be be} iste stencaiedsai ver oxtavoma nave fo Soke: TQ CHICAGO FAIR COUNTY BOARD he by the crew of the expected that mos BEVERAGE : r thhe old beacons ‘EWERETT GETS will be removed OKLAHOMA CITY, 12.—Gevernor Will ray decided today to let Ok- lahoma have its beer. After 80 national guards. men had prevented the un- Cite 68 loading of brew, legalized Z with the Moar Cox ¥ wday im special election, “Alfalfa Bill” teday issued proclamation announci sales are not to be interfer for MUTILATED PAGE \} NEW POSITION MEETS TONIGHT Leaving for Chicago in the next few days to tiew.the wonders of the Century of Progress Exposi- tion will be e party made up of Mre. C. M. Miller and daoghter.j57¢ the board of county Evelyn, of the Key West Army/«ioners & o'clock tonight in the Rarracks, Mrs. J. W. Ladiam, of (county home with several mat Fleming street. and niece. Miss ters of importance to be consider- Munica Ford, who is visiting here! 4. from Homestead. In connection with the reraler From Chicage the party will| proceedure the beard will tor to & number of other cities pleas relative to tax amenement commis ing Lowieril Ky.. Mrs.ia« recorded in the books of At” ler's home, where she will visit scaeor J. Otte Kirchhemer, recent relstives for « few day preented to the hoard, hear OOSEVELT SON TO ASK DIVORCE EXPECTED TO FILE SUIT EITHER TOMORROW OF PRIDAY There will be « regular meeting | (fe Aveertated Prees) RENO, July 12.—Elliott Roosevelt, som of the « presi- dent, is expected to file exit | here tomorrow or Fridey in « | diverse actiom against his wife, formerly Elizabeth Don- { =. of Philadelphia. As glans are understood, i file = cress complaint, f