The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 13, 1933, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Servica VOLUME LIV. No. 165. Sholtz To Call Special Election For Repeal Of Prohibition Oct. 10 Governor Stated That He Would Issue Proclama- tion Later On Today On (Ny Associated Prensa) TALLAHASSEE, July 13.—Governor Sholtz said today he would issue a! proclamation later in the; day setting October 10 as the date for a special elec- tion on repeal of the na- tional prohibition law. Sixty-seven deleg at es, elected irom the state at! large in the election, will meet here for a state con- vention November 14 to ratify or refuse to ratify the twenty-first amend- ment which would repeal Dry And Anti (ty Associated Preast Both repealists and prohibition-} ists are moving all their forces in-| to Arkansas and Alabama, newest battlegrounds for the eighteenth amendment, equally determined that the voting on July 18 will go! their way. Repealists, arguing that defeat, will-merely slow up the march to eventual victory, nevertheless ex-) press hope for a conquest that will; encourage more states to set vot-| ing dates this year to get on a} band-wagon in the movement to| eliminate the amendment in 1933. ! Both Sides Certain t Prohibitionists, determined to! fight on even if defected in these | two traditionally dry states, look |for a victory that will mark the! iturn against repeal, already voted by 16 states. Two days later, on July _ 20,' Tennessee will ballot; anid on the! next day Oregon voters step to the: |polls. Here again both sides are _publicly avowing certainty of vic-! tory, but the repealists are point-/ ing to Tennessee's legalization of | ; beer and Oregon’s repeal of its, COUNTY REDUCES TAX ASSESSMENT |" ON CASA MARINA SEMI-ANNUAL REPORTS OF OFFICERS WERE READ AT REGULAR MEETING OF COM- MISSIONERS LAST NIGHT al Sealed offerings of Monroe) County road bonds, bridge bonds and ferry bonds will be received at Tallahassee at noon July 26 at the governor’s office, istate bone-dry act. This was brought up at the meet-! Alabama’s legislature, in special ing of the board of county com- session, declined to legalize beer,! missioners last night. A notice 224 Prohibitionists hope this indi- ‘ cates the state of public opinion.; covering the stipulations required The fight is bitter, with Dr. L. E. | in the offers was authorized pub-/ Barton, chairman of the Associa. lished in The Cifizen and appears tion Against Repeal, predicting al in this issue. knock “down and drag out fight, in, Clerk Ross C. Sawyer read a let-, Which “we ask no quarter and will} ter from the governor's office, ad-, ®* ee dressed to County Attorney wil-| Facts Only” in Arkansas liam V. Albury, expressing satis-; The contest in Arkansas started faction of the board’s following OUt quietly. The Roosevelt New! the proper legal procedure in Deal Repeal club will not even al-| awarding the contract for printing low its members to debate pro! the delinquent tax list. , bition on a public platform, work- Offers of bonds from a number ing instead “to present the facts of holders were read. These came to the people instead of playing! ‘im-letters and telegrams from dif- upon their ‘passions and preju- ‘ordered referred to the state ih ee : ; WATER BARREL MINUS OF ICE: “aimee as comptroller. Pursuant to calls for bids for furnishing one typewriter with ac- tuator and other attachments for the office of the tax assessor, the Remington-Rand company made a Bs Tr eS cess tant soogery mee: ‘board, and the chairman authoriz- \ed to execute the contract. The semi-annual reports of of- MEN COMPRISING DETACH- 1 | ficers who receive fees were read REGARDLESS OF ALL PRECAU- | ( MENT ARE ALL OVER SIX’ FEET IN HEIGHT; BLACK! ; ei as follows: Ross C, Sawyer, clerk; | TIONS RECEPTACLE AT Rogelio Gomez, justice of the} } peace; J, F, Busto, county solici-| CQUNTY BLDG. CONTINUES | { UNIFORMS IS REGULATION, tor; Frank H. Ladd, tax collector; J. Otto Kirchheiner, tax assessor; Ray Elwood, constable; Frank 0. Roberts, justice of the peace. TO BE ROBBED | (By Axsocinted Presa) " The Florida East Coast Hotel Berlin, Ger., July 18.—Adolph} eompany requested a reduction in Hitler has selected a bodyguard/the assessments on the. Casa of exceptionally tall and physically | Marina and to ee the Long Key assessment stand, Bee ee son the exam.| The Key West Citizen was sg piace pean shit j awarded the printing of 300 bond ple of Frederick The Great whom) forms to be used by the office of he has held up to nazis as the true) Sheriff K. O. Thompson. For some time past the ice in} ‘the water barrel at the county jeourt house has been disappear-} hing, because it was being stolen. Tak-! en from the receptacle and car-| ‘ried away. | Not because it melted but} « inearnation of the true Prussion| | Present at the meeting were spirit, The soldier king's pet’ hobby was his regiment of “lange keris’ which translates literally as “long fellows.” Like Frederick’s regiment, the present “lange keris” are each; more than 20 years old and more than six feet tall. Their leader, Martin Kohlrosser of Munich,. is} six “ihehes over that — standard,| towering head and = shoulders above his chief. Black uniforms and glossy jed and approved and the board To put a stop to the pilfering, ‘Janitor Thomas Whitmarsh de-) cided to safeguard the barrel by} putting a metal strap over the cover and secure it with a lock. He did so and it was an excel- lent job as far as the work is ,concerned. A nice white metal strap securely fastened on one! side of the barrel, and secured! with a Yale lock on the other was] | affixed to the barrel. | Late yesterday afternoon it was| ; found that though all of these {precautions were taken, the lock ‘had been forced and the ice re- Chairman . Norberg Thompson, Commissioners Carl __ Bervaldi, Braxton B. Warren and Roy Ful- ford, Also Tax Assessor J. Otto Kirehheiner, Chief Deputy Sheriff Clements Jaycocks, County Engi- | neer Homer Herrick, Ferry Man- ager Eugene Demeritt and County Attorney William V. Albury. Depository accounts were check- recessed until the meeting, August 2. next regular SIX RESCUED OFF black helmets distinguish the pick-! ed troupers from the = ordinary| brown shirts. They are constantly’ on duty at the chancery and act, @& personal couriers as well as body guards. j The detachment leads a clock-| like life. The recompense is that} each select trooper hopes some; day to command a regiment of} storm troopers. HOSPITAL VESSEL ON UPPER AMAZON, (Py Renee! a Drees) NANAOS, Brazil, July 7—Aj hospitel ship of 250 beds, which; Colombin fitted up in anticipation of fi in the Leticia area, is! to be turned to peace time uses. | Tt will be the first of its kind on} the upper Amazon. i PRESCRIPTIONS). A Graduate Registered Phar- |. macist is always on duty at al | ed for and delivered. | Gardner’s Pharmacy Pe Free Delivery }/ exposure. Phone 177 ' his store. . Prescriptions call. |) (e# aad } Thomas. moved. The matter was referred to the sheriff's office and the | janitor, for investigation, by the | board of county commissioners. | (STOCKS CLIMBON | “WET” EXPRESS BURNING VESS GUGGENHEIM YACHT SWEPT BY FLAMES IN BLOCK ISLAND SOUND inted Press) H AND, New York, RUSH OF BUYERS SWAMPED' July 13.—Fort Wright Army of-| ficers reported today the rescue of | MACHINERY STOCK Colonel Robert Guggenheim, two other mer and three women who EXCHANGE were forced to leap into Block Ts- land Sound when the Guggenheim yacht was swept by flames. The six were afloat by life pre-! servers tossed from an army plane! and taken aboard an army vessel | just as the yacht was shattered! by explosion. i They are Colonel Guggenheim, } rs. Thomas Guggenheir:. Robert! | Guggenhe Jr.. Miss Hellen Al Mr. and Mrs. Heary (My Associated Press) NEW YORK, July 13.— Stocks climbed aboard the “wet” express today. With members of the distilling fam- ily spurting five to 16 points at ome time, all other cate- gories joined with gains of from one to around five. The rush of buyers swamp- ed the machinery of the stock exchange. Ticker tape minetes were late throughout the greater pert of the session. | { | H { i | i Thomas received serious burns t the other five suffered only, | WEATHER HALTS | MARION BUCKLEY The Key West Citisen on KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1933. Camps Sound Battle Cry A Alabama And Arkansas Near Vote PCCCHCO COOL OEE ESEO EO EEEEOOOHOCOOSOOC® eeveccce The ‘Box Score’ On Repeal OOCOOOOOOOOESOOOOOOOOOOOOOSOOOOO OOO OSOOSSESER200 AGAINST ‘BATE REPEAL FoR REPEAL DATE 850,546] APR.3 648,031 & | APR,4 150, 2441 MAY | 17, 0002 | MAY 15 416,978|MAY 16 1,87Z, 013 |MAY 23 STATES MICHIGAN WISCONSIN RHODE ISLAND WYOMING NEW JERSEY NEW YORK DELAWARE NEVADA ILLINOIS INDIANA MASSACHUSETTS 436,45 7#| JUNE 13 CONNECTICUT 236,915! JUNE 20 NEW HAMPSHIRE 75,999"! JUNE 20 \OwA 377, Z75©| JUNE 20 CALIFORNIA 967,394 JUNE 27 WEST VIRGINIA 219-225! JUNE 27 vere wor TOTALED) be|MAY 27 1,227,668") JUNE 5 ror ngpeaL “GATE AGAINST JULY 18 SuLy 18 JULY 20 ————— uy 2 ARKANSAS | ALABAMA \| TENNESSEE | OREGON The accompanying tabulation shows tus of the voting so far on the movement to repeal the eig hteenth amendment and lists elec. tions scheduled for July. You can keep your own score. dices.” fight to keep the state out of the ize beer. repeal column, but repeal leaders Tennessee repealists até pre-|appear confident. While repealing dieting victory by a 50,000 major- ity, but the drys are also forecast.;ture declined to enact some form ing a large vote in their favor. of liquor regulation, although the In Oregon, Methodist Episcopal|return of legal beer was imminent leaders have launched a vigorous at the time. Arkansas did not legal- 1 ia NEW LEG TODAY LEAVE CARTWRIGHT TO ROAR; DOWN LABRADOR COAST WILLIAM SANDS. IS INJURED BY GAS EXPLOSIO | THROWN FROM LADDER YES- TERDAY AFTERNOON WHILE ENGAGED IN WORK AT LOCAL GAS PLANT rs (ity Ansociated Press) CARTWRIGHT, Labrador, July 13.—lItaly’s colorful air armada left here today, roar down the Labrador coast » an 800-mile flight to She- diak, New Brunswick, its next to i William H. Sands, an employe lof Florida Public Utilities, was in- i} fi an explosion at the gas plant. Mr. Sands was working, says } Robert B. Ingle, manager of the t company, bricking up the door of halting place enroute to Chi cago. How long the armada will remain at Shediak will de- pend on weather conditions. necued. The explosion threw Mr. Sands from a ladder on which he was 13.—Unfav-} standing. He was struck by the the} bricks and fell to the ground. He eae was taken to the office of Dr. Wil- New Foundland coast prevented! 1:4, R. Warren for treatment. Colonel and Mrs. Charles Lind-) Examination showed a skin burn bergh from leaving here for Cart| on the left arm and seveal bruises. ii y ing, There was also a number of ee ony cm Se Satin OPE | caieod gn, hin face conned; it tx be- ao neohagag lieved, by the bricks when forced It is cold, wet and foggy. nd} outward by the explosion. the colonel said he will not leav After being treated, Mr. Sands until the weather clears. vas taken to his home in the apart- jments at the corner of Elizabeth ‘and Eaton streets. He is reported as having rested well last night jand is resting comfortably this IS NOW LOCATED #3: | The cause of the explosion has [nd been determined. LINDBERGH TRIP ST. JOHNS, July orable flying weather along AT ose ru SLAYING THOUGHT AFTER LEAVING HOTEL FOUND (My Asmoeiated Preast CORBIN, Ky., July 13.—Marian Buckley seid today she is ready to go home. after hitch-hiking since July 1. She was found at a tour . mp today after leaving the hotel where she was kept under ob- servation. $72,000 MAIL ROBBERY LOOT DIVISION PROBABLE CAUSE AS MEN ARE ARRESTED (My Associated Preset FORT WORTH, July 13.—Be- hef that the slaying of three men whose nude bodies were recovered from the Trinity River here, was precipitated by » dispute over the ELUDED OFFICERS FOR SOME TIME CORBIN, Ky. Jair 13.— Marian Buckley, 18, Cleveland college gixl found bere yesterday division of a $72,000 mail robbery after several days’ disappearance | loot taken recently, was expressed from home, eluded officers today by adthorities today. and search for her was started; Four men were arrested again. lcharged with murder. Her parsuers expected to over-| They and two others were also take her shertiy. ‘charged ‘with mail robbery. and its bone-dry law, Oregon’s legisla-j For 53 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West PRICE FIVE CENTS James M.CoxReawakens Drowsy FIREDESTROYS =| CAPTAIN LUTHER PINDER’S HOME BLAZE DISCOVERED SHORTLY | AFTER 10 O'CLOCK LAST NIGHT; CARRIED INSUR-| ANCE TOTALLING $10,500 PUBLIC APPEAL TO KIDNAPERS IN CASE OF BANKER ENDEAVOR TO HAVE ABDUC- TORS OF LUER COMMUNI- CATE WITH WIFE; NO FUR- THER WORD RECEIVED } The upper portion of the home} of Captain Luther Pinder at 506 | South street was destroyed by fire | which began shortly after 10 ' Luer, 77, meat packer and banker,! | o'clock last night and was not con-, to allow him to communicate with | ! quered until 12:45 this ‘morning. | his wife and relieve her anxiety! Mrs. Pinder and daughter, Mra, | over his health, was made today by! ‘Eola Swicegood, were entertain-| two agents appointed by the family | ing friends and were playing cards, | to deal with the kidnapers. They heard voices calling Mr, Pin-| Mrs. Luer, 75, is described as der, who is out of town, but paid jvery much worried and distressed); littel attention as quite frequently , over her husband's delicate nealth, ‘the captain is called, jHe is # sufferer trom heart at- A short time afterwards warn-/ tacks which are likely to prove| | ‘ {fatal, physicians said, if he is ing was received that the roof was' roughly handled. | | i 1 | blazing. Greyburn Pinder, broth-! With Luer in captivity for hours no word has yet been er of Mr. Pinder, went on the ceived from the kidnapers. (By Associnted Press) | ALTON, July 13.—Pudlic peal to the kidnapers of August ap-| 60 porch and verified the report.. An 7 alarm was then sent from Box 211 at Duval and South streets, Apparatus from Number 2 andi ‘3 stations responded. By this time} LONG WAIT IN KIDNAPING CASE 1 Economic Conference With Fiery Speech Relative To Bank Issue Says Committee Would Be Permitted To Consider Cooperation Of Central Banks (Wy Associnted Press) LONDON, July 13.—New life was injected into the drowsy today by James M. Cox, who convinced col- Economic Conference leagues of the steering commitice that the parley could usefully continue despite refusal of the federal reserve ‘board to consider cooperation of central banks. In a fighting speech, which one delegate said “curled the hair” of conference leaders, Cox gave a clear exposition of American dif- ficulties and induced the commit- tee to agree to keep working at Problems of silver and commercial indebtedness. Prominent gold bloc delegates had taken the position thet fed- the flames were seemingly gaining headway and the roof a roaring furnace.» It. wag decided then to tsound’a general alarm. This Chief | Baker did, calling out all engines, | Apparatus from Number 1. was} quickly on the scene and for al- | most three hours the department ALBANY, July 13.—While au-jeral reserve veto had effectively thorities continued their investi- gations, relatives themaélyes re. P&* ' 4” and alt Menken ag signed themselves today to pros-} monetary matters. pects of a long wait for addition-} al word from the abductors of ae John O’Connell, Junior. ‘REPORT DEMPS § | fought the flames, gaining the mastery over the element just be- {fore 1 o’clock and the sounding | ta two bells announced the fire} ‘out. | The entire upper story of th | home is destroyed and the secon termediaries, or ask for another list of 11 men. CLAIM $50,000 The family is waiting for the; kidnapers either to accept one of: 22 Albany men suggested as in- ,;PARTNER TO BE HANNAH i WAS RANSOM PAY story is badly damaged by the | flames and water.» The lower| CHICAGO, July 13.—John Fac- story is in fairly good condition |‘t? disclosed today that $50,000 ibut it is said the walls and ceil-| 8S paid in 5 and 10 doller bills} WILLIAMS, ACTRESS; PAIR HEADED WEST ing were soaked with water, and{ | being constructed of plaster, will! ; have to be removed when repairs | are made. Most of the furniture was saved » d stored in the homes of friends jured late yesterday afternoon by in the neighborhood. Much of the‘oner for 12 days. | furnishings suffered from water, but can be renovated, it is said. ‘How the fire originated has not been determined. An examination | of the attic, where tie fire started a gas machine when the explosion ' shows, says'Chief Baker, that all} to the kidnapers as price for his) release, Cte. Aanactated Press) : Released in suburban Lagrange) KANSAS CITY, July 15.—~ at midnight, Factor is in a serious] There was talk of wedding bells | condition, suffering a nervous} among friends of Jack Dempery, {breakdown after being held pris-| former heavyweight champion, and Hannah Williams, actress, as the {two headed west today | Dempsey, who has admitted in- | torent in the Broadway ster, was | reported to have told friends here ihe and Miss Williams wilt be maz ried in Reno, Nevada, soon. FLORIDA BRINGS \ } OVER LOOT FIGHT 75 PASSENG The P. and 0. S. S. Florida ar-} jelectric current was discontinued | some time ago, hence a short ci cuit could not possibly have been} the cause. rived from Havana yesterday with The Citizen was informed this 75 passenger: 1 36 were morning that the home is insure _ biles, The for $7,000 and the furnishing car-| yoc0) sailed 6-30 for Tampa with ried insurance of $3,500, making a} 87 pa wahaers | total of $10,500 on building and)“ Lighth ak tenes tow ako contents. jed 9 o'clock last night from a ; working expedition on the west coast. W. W. Demeritt, superin- MILTON ROBERTS ex.) © iaids in that sect |trict and returned jbury errived 6 t THIEF RIFLES PANT’S Poc.!#t4 is berthed ot the naval ste- The coast guar {tion pier. KETS I SLEEPING QUAR. TERS LAST NIGHT , the on the vessel. d cutter Wood clock yesterday: ‘NEARLY $400 PAID | ' ! { | When a poor man loses $20 dol-} 10 RELIEF UNITS lars under any circumstances, its! ee ® pretty bad. When « city employe! loses that amount, especially un Jer} Disbursements at the office of existing conditions, it becomes S| the Emergency Relief Council to. catastrophe. day smounted to $398. This for This happened to Fireman Mil-).ork completed this week but does ton Roberts last night. When the! pct eormprize the total amount to all of fire came he, as all fire-/ 5. paid out men are supposed to do, answered | Others who worked daring the, promptly and left for the SOfNG, | period are yet to be pid bat the! esving his watch and moves in Ris} i were not presented by the! siseping quarters at the station. lgoremen in time for the nemes to When he returned early thi today’s payroll ee a oe ot rere will be another dishurss- dangerous wi fn ‘orts, 2 along with the other members, to ™*8t tomorrow, bbecdencen save property, and possibly life, he} LIKES PRISON LIFE found: thet bis trousers’ pockets; had been rified and 320, all the! money he had im the world, had} MICHIGAN CITY, Ind—Ab, been taken. jthough granted his freedom three’ The watch and otber powsessions | years ago through pardon, Pred that may have been readily venti. | Kettheshake, 72, remains teday, fied were untouched, the thief, or satisfied to be an inmate of the i thieves, taking only the money. istate prison In this city. i lof both Dempsey and Miss Reno was the seene of divorces Wil- ams, Dempsey was formerly married to Estelie Tayior, film star. Miss Williams was married to Roger Wolfe Kahn. WARREN HEARD BY ROTARIANS JERRY TREVOR SELECTED TO FILL, VACANCY OF VICE PRESIDENCY Dr. WiBiem B. Warren . was heard in on address at the Rotary Lancheon today dealing with tw ters before the Eronomic Confer- ence in London. His remarks on the subject ware attentively te tened to by these assemble hia address proved to be m teresting in iw entirety. Jerry J. Trevor, who presided at the meeting today in the sheence ot President Sebastian Cabrera, de., who ts out of the city, was selected to SI the vacancy ¢xia>- ing for the vice-presidency of the cin’. There were s few other matters discuated during Ube session, which was cut short owing te the hot weather. STRAND THEATER James Dunn-Sally Ellers In HOLD ME TIGHT eee A La Neil Hamilten-tiheila Terry fr THE SILK EXPRESS Matinee, 10-186; Might, 18-25« t ine