The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 18, 1933, Page 1

Asbociated Press Day Wire Service VOLUME LIV. No. 169. Silver Question Up Before: ~ London: Conference Today Progress in Lim Limitation Of Wheat Exportations Was Counterbalanced At Ses- sion {My Assorinted Prensa) LONDON, July 18.—Progress im negotiations for limiting wheat exports was counter-balanced to. day by a fresh setback in con-| versations regarding the use of silver, as the economic confer tottered toward its close. The “big four” wheat: producs ing nations; Argentina, . United: States} Australia’ and Canada, reached an agreement with four Danubian countries whereby exports from the latter countri: will be held to 54,000,000 bus! this year and 50,000,000 year. Subsequently the big four rep- Fesentatives prepared to resume next the! | WEATHER PUTS BACK WORK ON TONIGHT AS WAS PRE- VIOUSIL EXPECTED } not. shine tonight. Weather con- ditions have prevented the work being ‘continued and some of \the leted. ed in September of ast ‘working platform, and it resumed, When the project was again and postponment was necessa! From then up to the present, exi gencies of the department requir- | ing the vessels in other parts ofj the district, prevented any activi- ties. CHANNEL LIGHT, SMITH SHOALS NEW LIGHT. HOUSE WILL NOT SHINE! The light on Smith’s Shoal will construction has yet to be eom-| ‘Work on this project was start-; year. Later’ heavy winds destroyed the! was! some time before work could be! started heavy weather interfered! Two weeks ago the weather was’ ‘Unhappy Ending’ ---The Story Of Mary And Doug Fame In Celluloid. cece Mary Pickford’s and Douglas Fairbank’s pictures usually have — KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, JULY 18, 1933. -A slices” 's Sweetheart’ The Kep West Citsen For 53 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West PRICE FIVE CENTS ,|Wileox’s Interest Centered ane Old Ar And New On Key West Bridge Project COLORED BOY CONFESSES TO MONEY THEFT | HELD AND QUESTIONED RE- LATIVE TO $15 STOLEN SUN- DAY AFTERNOON AT HOME OF EMIL SWEETING The mystery of the theft of Mrs. Emil Sweeting, 826. Eaton street, on Sunday afternoon, July 9, was cleared up last night when Jim DeVoe, colored boy of eight {years, confessed to the larceny. | Spending the money in a lavish way. treating his buddies and giv- jing cash to some of the women in the community, he created — sus- picion in the minds of neighbors and the sheriff's office was noti- fied. Chief Deputy Jaycocks investi- j Rated and arrested the boy. | the money under a bottle in a yard several blocks away, ernoon. Going back Sunday, the money was still there but when Jim left it disappeared. $15.03 from the home of Mr. and: He! told a fabulous story of finding | Saturday aft-! Porter And Taylor Confer With Congressional Rep- resentative On Impend- ing Issue Ry PAUL MAY Special Washington Correspondent of The Citizen WASHINGTON, July 18. —The Key West bridge pro- ject at Key West is the most important reason for Con- | gressman Mark Wilcox stay- {ing in Washington so long after the adjournment of Congress, he said here today. ~™T consider this a ‘matter of the greatest importance to my district and the major reason for my stay in Wash- ington since the end of the he it last session,” Wilcox said. William R. Porter of Key j West and Judge H. H. Tay- | lor of Miami were in confer- cr when, at the upper right, Mary visited Doug on the set. At the left ; Last night Mr. Jayeocks began! ence with the congressman megotistions with Russia regard-|caim and peaceful and the last of; ended happily—not so their “perfect romance,” crashing in Holly- the iron piling was placed, the, wood after 13 years. Such scenes as the one in the center, with Mary FT ee oe tee oe esses! examined and the sup:| bidding Doug the best of luck as he sailed on one of his recent foreign with European! erstructure started. Progress was| trips, have served to still recurring reports of rifts in their married with é view to S0°rapid it was confidently believ-| life. There the mood of tenderness seemed no less genuine than in the light would be flashing to-} the picture at the upper left, taken soon after their marriage in 1920, “How: ever, the storm in the Car-| ae ea de cons ibbean rolled ‘aters on Smiths, HOLLYWOOD, July 18.—Mary|Mary—the epitome of the go-get- a heavy swell’ Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks! ting American who always won e work being, dodged unhappy endings on the| Doug and Mary and Charles screen—but not in the scenario of} | Chaplin toured the county togeth- A has been| their own “perfect romance” to-| ier in a Liberty bond sales cam- y years will gether. |paign, and the Pickford-Fairbanks! Doug is shown dressed for one of his old sile: ‘The Iron Mask,’ and, below, his athletic stunt over the rail of a ship that brought | him home in May is of the sort that has enlivened his films. The range of Mary’s roles is suggested on the right, the center photo showing her as she appeared in “S>crets,” her latest picture, and be- tow, as she was in an earlier and more charactertistic role. to question the boy, who at last broke down, cried and confessed |to the theft. This morning the boy was turn- jed over to his aunt who had been! there was no new develop- given some of the money by aj own “locations” at the studio. | neighbor and what she got from,™ents on the Key West proj- When Doug went into his series'the boy. ‘The whole amounted og ect over the weekend, they f costume pictures, the rule pre-, $3-30 and later Mr. Jaycocks re-} \vailed. For “The Black Pirate” he! covered another dollar, making, had been working constantly |and that conferences with bapent only the day at sea, return-| $4.30 in all. the officials here in charge {this morning and while the three men reported that sive smile, he had captured fans jand was almost as big a “name” as month, the legality of Mary’s di- voree was questioned. For two! ears this point was in contr . but it ve settled in Mary Pick tos of Douglas be-jing home by nightfall, No punishment can be meted out The gas buo fore the marriage, the} Mary, with her long golden curls to & person of this age, itis said, duty foi became \and her sweet and hoydenish smile @8 the law does not hold 9 -cylprit | = RELIEF WORKE WORKERS GET INCREASE IN PAY —| EIGHTEEN CENTS AN HOUR, WILL BE PAID IN FUTURE; _ COUNCIL DECIDES ON MAT- TER THIS MORNING Pay for registrants on the lists of the Emengency Relief will henceforth be 18 cents an hour instead of 15 cents an hour. as} now paid. j This was decided at a meeting: of the council held in the cham-! ber of commerce this morning,' and applies to those working on the second call this month, but not to any who worked last week. With the increase of three cents! an hour, those receiving the re- lief will be paid on the same basis as employes of the state road department. The increase in wages is made) possible by an inerease in the al- Jotment for Monroe county for the month of July. Heretofore, the monthly allotment was $4,000, approximately $1,000 weekly. Due to an importan written by Chairman V Demeritt of the council and one! by the secretary of the chamber of commerce, the allotment was! raised $2,000, allowing $6,000 for this month, or approximately $1,500 weekly, j When the notice was received as to the increase in allotment and members of the council advis-| ed, several of them agreed that each of the letters written was worth $1,000 to those to the relief is accorded. STORM MOVING ry whom (Ry Associated Press) WASHINGTON, July 18. —The weather bureau today following turbance of slight in central over northern Yuca- tan, moving west northwest. ward about eighteen miles an hour.” The separation reported impend-!romance, fostered by association | jabout to be returned by in service for the time ssid ing between Hollywood’s “finis” to the marriage, which oR} | APPROVE FUND: FUNDS March 28, 1920, united two of e Mary, who had begun in pictures jin 1909, in days before players’ ROAD BUILDING’ was the queen of movie actresses. | “America’s sweetheart,” she had| jacterizations to the pinnacle of! 'STATE WILL RECEIVE OVER'fame. and film companies bid! FIVE MILLION DOLLARS IN) corvices, | APPROPRIATION FOR NINE Doug Stage-Trained , couple apparently has leading names in filmland. FOR FLORIDA IN bee were shown on the screen, | | visen through “sweet girlish” char- | ‘against each other wildly for per STATES | jin 1915. Unlike Mary, he was ‘launched as a star in his first | movie “The Lamb,” in that year. j Athletic, extremely fond of leap- (ny ‘Associated Press) WASHINGTON, July famous on tht movie lots, began. For both | Hollywood—tfor marked} of them, old flames had grown | more, when many cold. Mary, in 1920, went to Nevada, and soon she and Owen Moore were divorced. They had married in the days when to fans she was : only “Little Mary.” Previously, in 1919, divorce had parted Fairbanks and Beth Sully, mother of Douglas, Jr. Miss Pickfor divorce and her marriage within a month to Fair- banks ranked among the first “big news stories” of Hollywood people. |It all happened rather quietly, at Doug had come from the atage | {ise ener of the marriage, cele-. were brated at Fairbanks’ home, did not break until two days later. Divorce Sustained There was interest, but it was jing and jumping. with an expan-jnot sensation until, the tenes strenghold of domestic content: in ii le girls in almost all 10 years movie, It was about three yeats ago, {portrayed li and ‘her films. other | merriages were ending in divorce, | after Mary and Doug had beenj ir seemed impregnable. | married 10 years, that rumors first] ‘airbanks was an ardent suitor. | began to insist that the end of. ro-| y still tell how he used to visit} mance had come. There were re-; y on the set, remain as long as! ports of disagreements after their, ible, and depart reluctantly. tatitont tarrin tire, ng and kissing farewell as he! ueee oe Leap Sipe ating venuire, |“The Taming of the Shrew.” | Douglas began to travel—with-! | Th left. Inseparable At First After marriage the courtship |0ut Mary—and his absences from continued. ‘Doug and Mary” be-) Pickfair became longer and long-} came in Hollywood conversation|er. He toured the world, making one word instead of two. ‘They|a picture of his travels. Mary, at, inseparable. They worked home, worked at pictures and her | on the same lot, and they visited | career. each other’s sets. They never} Douglas was away—among his |went “on location” because the/titled friends in Europe—when| 'jourr ould mean separation.!Mary admitted that “‘a separation x brief. They built their|is contemplated.” |—— lpr FORCES | FIGHT FOR HALF | | WAY MARK TODAY 18. — Expenditure of forty millions or more on roads in nine states, including $3,231,834 for Florida, was approv- ed today by the public works administration in a job-giving drive. Fifty two counties | are to benefit. | BAMA NEEDED TO VOTE FAVORABLY FOR MARK TO BE REACHED — | RUMORS ASSERT O'CONNELL HAS BEEN RETURNED | to round the half-way post ' (ity Axsocinted Press) Repeal forces, racing to reach! their goal before Christmas, strove South today, while prohibi NUMEROUS PERSONS REPORT MYSTERIOUS CAR DROVE UP TO HOUSE; LATER LIGHTS AND LAUGHTER sought to send them spraw Arkansas and Alab open their voting booths to decide | their stand on the proposal to blot the Eighteenth Amendment from {My Ansociated Presa) i j ALBANY, July 18.—An air of the constitation. heightened expectancy spread over Albany today as rumors spread that John O'Connell, Junior, was abduc- garnered half the states necessary ional prohi- they Tonight, foes of nai bition will know whether t tnam street neighborhood | ‘°F Teel furnished a report which indicated }that he may have been returned last night. No newspapermen saw it, but t change the cons numerous persons declared an Tennessee votes ‘Thareday, automebile drove up te the O’Con-| Oregon Friday. nell house late last night and a few minutes later the house was bright : ROBBED oeel TIMES with lights and noisy with voices and laughter. Some rumors were believed to have a source close to the family. The house was quiet today Sixteen states voted to ratify repeal. and STATICOY, Calif. son’s hardware store in t y {was recently looted for the 37th his Jack Madi-', ‘COURT ORDERS “ ARREST OF J. W. HARRIMAN FORFEITED; CHARGED? WITH FALSIFYING BOOKS | OF NATIONAL BANK (By Asaociated Press) NEW YORK, July 18.—Federal Judge Francis G. Caffey dered forfeited the $25 under which Joseph W today 100 or- bai! Harri banker, who disappeared ye day at liberty pending trial, s that he falsified books National Bank s been charg: the Harriman Trust Cc on mpany He aiso ordered a bench issued for Harriman’s arrest Captain John Johnson, railroad police official, at Jersey Cit last night that Harriman. er his escape, made two to jamp from the ferry boats i The banker made six ferr river trips the river between Manhat City, Johnston acress tan and said. Deck hands prevented his ing off the ferry both trmes A close watch is being kept t day a Jersey ump places i reach ‘and The family ¢ we than a f from a nursing home and has | ¢ CLAIMSTATE’S GUN PRACTICE BY TAX RATE WILL =| NATIGNAL GUARD | BE INCREASED AT FORT TAYLOR: | |ONLY ARKANSAS AND ALA-: BOND OF BANKER DECLARED! GOVERNOR SHOLTZ FAILED’ BATTERY “E” WILL PARTICI-| PATE IN ACTIVITIES TO.| NIGHT; COMPLETE COURSE} WILL BE RUN TO PROCLAIM AMOUNT oF! MILLAGE AS OTHER EXECU- TIVES HAVE DONE ‘iorida National; pate in a night | (ity Assoctated Press) TALLAHASSEE, July Offi today that Battery * 18.—' Guard said for ; be increased from four ial sources here Florida’s state tax rate Major commanding of- ed the to the; and it was grateful 3 may i seven eights to six and five invitatic ighths mills icécana Governor Dave Sholtz did not laim the amount of millage 1st, as other gov: have F said with aut 3 cepted. Ail stations will be manned personnel of the local unit, sl it is expected that every offi er and member of the battery ernor ar ed for funds aad the uncer { revenues. I »pportunity for _.__ lof thic exceptional o does noth 3 he is perx e some FP the governor = training. ve A complete co di all eta agh actoal war nailed and the port being de- against attacking vewels v tbe guns of the batteries, except ‘that ac guns will be fired. Officers and enlisted personnel) of Rattery “E will assemble at/ the armory 7:20 o'clock, instead} of % clock as usual and there will go by automobile to the! Major William V. Albury, ar as thy t feuded t if he lev ning the be maximum allowed | x and five exghths mills, wil! evied. STORM REPORT WASHINGTON, D. 18 Ady wa shught fort intensity centre on of the 265th Regiment C. ida” National Guard. he practier. by} Ransomes o will be present to take advantage! ir, that city. se will be run! be manned just| known to many Key West rer conditions | dents, having been in Key West: } | n command af the Second cA amenable ‘to’ punishment through {due process of law, until he is 10 years old. Then he can be sent {to the reform school. There is a probability that an- other court investigation may re- sult because of the return of some} ;of the money. One woman turn-! ed over $2.50 which she says was jgiven by another woman. woman claims that she gave the other woman $5. Rogelio Gomez, justice of the | Denee, is investiaaticie DEMPSEY WEDS BROADWAY STAR MARRIED QUIETLY; LEAVE FOR RENO BY ANTO. MOBLIE (iy Asaceiatea Press) ELKO, Nevada, July 18.—~ Jack Dempsey, former heavy- weight boxing champion and Miss Hannah Williams, Broad- way musical comedy star, married here today. The couple applied for a li- conse at the fice and we minutes later by a justice of the peace. After the ceremony they left for asians by automobile. ‘MAJOR J. KNOX DIES IN HAVANA DECEASED WAS WELL KNOWN) TO MANY KEY WEST RESIDENTS Seegociuse Mrs. George W. Reynolds is in f information from Ha-) ivana, Cuba, announcing the death of Major James Knox’ on Monday! In the message was stated that death was due a heart attack. Major and Mrs. Knox were wel some time during the pact year. with keen regret by his many; friends 2nd acqusintances in Key) West. STRAND THEATER from (I Robert Montgomery-Sally Eilers in MADE ON BROADWAY ++ Ab Bill Royd + Wynne Gibson In EMERGENCY CALL "|i Matinee 10-15< Night 16-2%« * This! His demise will be learned of! jaf the project-were schedule. ‘ed for all this week. In allotments made for "| government activities in con- nection with the public works program the light- house department will re- ceive for repairs to wharf and buildings at Key West, $20,000; renewing plates on tender Ivy, $15,000; repairs to Dry Tortugas light station, $3,000; painting reef light stations at Rebecca shoal, Pacific reef, Molasses Sand Key, Florida, $4,000. The public works admin- ) igtration has also made its and reefa, | regular allotment for repairs |to the Key West Weather | bureau and similar projects. POST AHEAD OF WORLD AIR MARK ' | t | 1 | NOW LEADING ROUND.THE- WORLD RECORD BY 16 IRKUTSKI, July 18.—Wiley American world flier landed here at 7: Eastern Stan- dard time. Siberia, Post. round-the- ' take a3 p. Mm, He planned to off again at Eastern Standard time. i Arrival here pat him 16 hours, 34 ahead of the time made by Harold Gatty and himself in their round- the-world trip. His. arrival hours, 25 minutes out of New York. minutes i } t j - was 75 i ‘