The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 20, 1933, Page 1

For 53 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West — ==] The Key West Citizen KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1933. } VOLUME LIV.: No. 171. POST WAY AHEAD OF SCHEDULE American Flier Making World Flight Hops Off ‘on New Leg Today From Sibe Key West Bridge Matter May Now Be Carried Directly To Public Works Administrator FLORIDA STATUS : ON REPEAL ISSUE QUITE DIFFERENT’ IN EVENT REPEAL IS ORDER- SPOOOOOHOOOOSOOOSOOLOOOOOOEOLEHSOLCOOSOASHOOODODOOOOOSOOOOET9O0R® Pecccccceccccesos ‘Unhappy Ending’---The Story Of Mary And Doug Film Rungs In Fame’s Ladder--- What Of The Future? 00 000000090000000000000000000000000S OS OST LO CODER LOO OOOO EEO LOSE AIM SOS DOCOOOOSOOSOCCOODOCODECCOOSE (By Ansociated Perens) : HOLLYWOOD, July 20.—Doug’, and Mary—what of their futures? |’ Mary is going to keep on work- ing in pictures—there seems no doubt about that. Of Douglas’ | plans even a speculative Holly- wood is not as sure as usual. Even though they are married,} Mary has her own ‘company, : Douglas has his. Only for one} picture were their interests merg-! ed—their co-starring film, ‘“Thej Taming of the Shrew.” Before he sailed to Europe the! last time, Doug was “warm” on; a story of a modern Robin Hood- like character with a Chinese back- | ' ground, the film to be made in China. This idea was virtually; abandoned, | Considered Remaking Hits Another that caught his fancy! was the plan to remake two of; his earlier successes, “The Mark} of Zorro” and “Don Q, Son of} Zorro.” These, if filmed, would! |mark a reversion to the swash-! buckling costume dramas’ which! were the athletic star’s delight,! along with such pictures as “The| Gaucho.” | His last of the costume type,| pretentious and ornate, was “The! Tron Mask.” Since that was! made, Doug has made two pictures} REPRESENTATIVES HANDLING PROPOSED PROJECT ABANDON IDEA OF WAITING FOR APPOINTMENT OF ADVISORY BOARD - TO CONSIDER PROPOSITION By PAUL MAY Special Washington Correspondent of The Citizen Gg al Lees WASHINGTON, July 20.—Representatives of MENT WOULD NOT BE VOT-|the Monroe County Road and Toll Bridge District, in, ED ON UNTIL 1934 | Washington in the interests of the proposed Overseas Bridge project, will attempt to carry the case directly to Secretary Harold Ickes, administrator of Public Works, without waiting for appointment of an ad- visory board to consider the matter, it was learned today. \ idream. Under routine procedure, applications for self- steyat may be true in othe liquidating loans will be referred to an advisory com- amendment was repealed tomor-| mission or board, members of which have not yet been Hee GIN e Ha Pk lord Pai besks ctrangement affact the future’ cavesrs/af the|twm Cilaistare? (assy ee pereee **tappointed. This board will be similar to the advisory Hollywood is pondering that question as it recalls some of the roles they have played. On the left 'Jeast, it is shown. ‘board which handled such matters for the Recon- Wig? : besensajcacconling to «| struction Finance Corporation. is Mary in a ene from a film taken when she was beginning to be known as “America’s Sweetheart,” on the right Douglas Fairbanks is dressed for “The Gaucho” of about a decade ago. The | number of attorneys approach ys approached on the subject, the Nineteenth| Proponents of the Florida bridge project, how- ever, have taken the position that since the Overseas center scene shows them in “The Taming of the Shrew,” the only film in which they were co-starred. | lic consistently as no other star, Hollywood thought the Pickford cause it was not shaping up well. Regrrirale a a ede os jhas done. \star had fallen. Mary dug into} When she made it again, it was the State of Florida must be nu . ls Her ‘first talkie, “Coquette,”|her cinematic trenches, fought.|from a different script. {fied and this cannot be done unt 1| Bridge loan application was considered by the RFC, | grossed more, the company claims,|and emerged again brighter than| Hollywood sees Mary’s future the sre ence a ane a voluminous report prepared, itisina position in films dependent mainly on the Was to e Citizen by Mayor . * . quality of her next two pictures. Wm. H. Malone and County At- to ask and receive consideration directly by the Pub- lic Works administrator. Precedent for this pro- “(By Assoetated Press) SEATTLE, July 20. —Wiley Post passed over Nome at 1:30 p. m. Eastern Standard Time, the United States Signal Corps was advised by the station there. Repeal of the Eighttenth! Amendment before Christmas, is} heard on every hand, and good} |old punches and eggnog to bring | good cheer during the season, will |soon be a realization instead of a} MOSCOW, July 20.—Wiley Post who began the long arduous trans-Pacifie hop of his world aoe . pit ; esides ‘is eature travelog. Might today, when 18 hours, 46/“Reaching for the Moon” was/ minutes ahead of the record he'Modern comedy drama, and “Mr. | f Robinson Crusoe” was adventure-! wants to beat, hopped off from! comedy. | Krabarovsk, Siberia for Alaska. There has been talk that he : thought of turning producer, per- He arrived at Khabarovsk from haps after a couple of pictures ukbloyo and. started the water;™°re. Another report has had it ‘ that he was tired of films and two heurs later. wanted to do nothing more than " His relentless pace even in the continue his extensive travels. face of almost complete exhaus- than any other Pickford feature ever. If she can make them outstanding torney William V. Albury. jever made, Her second was Chooses Stories Carefully Mary Still Pursues Career | “Kiki,” not so successful, and her; An indefatigable worker, Mary Hollywood sees no reason why the! October 10 of this year Mary, on the other hand, ap-/third and latest was ‘Secrets,”|searches long and painstakingly, dele- -1909—she. was. born | The American globe-circling fli-! or was forced te land at Rukhlovo, Siberia, yesterday owing to. bad weather, which temporarily hale _ His plane was slightly damag- ed in brusing against the tree tops. Clouds and mists foreed him to bag the ground dangerously close, but despite the difficulty, he made © perfect landing. BREAK IN WHEAT CAUSE OF SLUMP PROMISING RALLY IN MARKET TODAY | (Ny Asapetated Press) NEW YORK, July 20.—A wide | open break in wheat which sold at | one dollar a bushel, sent stocks | downward today after a promising rally. Gains of one to three dollars in the morning were turned into losses when renewed selling struck, the share market early in the aft-! ernoon. { Whiskey and distillery issues which have been narrowly irregu-| lar, stumped severely again. and: the general list weakened. | National distillers —_ products flopped to 80 off about 12 on top of Wednesday’s $25.50 loss. A. ANGLE TAKES OATH OF OFFICE | RECENTLY APPOINTED COL- LECTOR OF CUSTOMS FOR FLORIDA A. J. Angle, recently appointed by President Roosevelt as collector of customs for the Florida Dis- triet, took tHe oath of office this morning and assumed the duties, The information was received in ® telegram today by G. N. Gos- bern, deputy collector at Key West. Nothing was said as to when the new collector will make | bis first official visit. i |General Italo Balbo, leader of the} pears as full of fight for her; which appears to be well received|for suitable stories, She began Pickford star should not shine on. career as ever. In pictures since in many cities. “Secrets” as her second talkie, The same, in Hollywood's view, in 1893—) ..Once,-aftex-Mary-had-appeared; abandoning it after ‘spénding»applies to~Doug-=if “he is’ in- she has remained before the pub-'in a series of poor pictures, all'much money and time on it, be-' terested. ‘WOULD PRESERVE Date For Examination Of "PRINCIPLES ON | TARIFF QUESTION Key West Postmaster Will Be Posted Here Next Week SOLVE MYSTERY IN KIDNAPING AUGUST LUER THREE WOMEN AND TWO MEN TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AS RESULT OF RAID ON AB. DUCTOR’S HANGOUT |SECRETARY HULL MAKES VIGOROUS FIGHT AT WORLD ECONOMIC CONFERENCE ON OUTSTANDING MATTER CANDIDATES FOR POSTMASTER ARE | a ous ay 3° SUB ECT TO EXAM ed today the mystery of the kid-; naping of August Luer, 77, Alton! tus WAS MADE NECESSARY United States postmasters at Key banker, had been solved with a) | daylight raid on the abductor’s} hangout near Madison, Mlinois. | Three women and two men were} taken into custody at the reputed) Jair of the kidnapers which is on! @ farm near Eagle park. mes of} the prisoners were not announced! Candidates for postmaster must | by officers. A dugout, similar to| take the civil service competitive that in which Luer said he was examination. This was made nec- kept, is said to have been located essary by an order signed by Presi- | on the property. Werey Fitzgerald, exconviet, |" 0? against whom formal complaint off vraag y kidnaping has been lodged and, This order applies to first, sec-) 4. i. cities within the next week, who has been lodged and who is! ond and third class postoffices, and, held in jail at Murphysboro, Illi-|.as the Key West postoffice is in; Wilcox also said. nois, is named as a member of) the second class, candidates will the kidnap gang. “have to pass the civil service ex- GENERAL B 0 {amination for the position. By PAUL MAY {Special Washington Correspondent of The Citizen WASHINGTON, July e \ | | | 1 } 20.—| ‘By Associated Press) LONDON. July 20.—Secretary jof State Hull is described in high American circles today as making a vigorous fight behind the scenes of the world economic confer- BY ORDER OF PRESIDENT) West, Daytona Beach, DeLand,| ence, to preserve the general prin- Green Cove Springs, Okeechobee|ciples of President Roosevelt’s ROOSEVELT; KEY WEST IN-! : = ae sere {truce on tariff changes. CLUDED IN PROGRAM pane Winter Park until civil se: Strong opposition is said to have been encountered in British and |European gold standard coun- eligibles from these six cities are tries, and American adherence is jexpected to be continued, only | with reservations allowing for such advances in tariff schedules as j may be necessary under the recov- United ery and farm acts. (By Asnoctated Press) President Roosevelt has informed: | Congressman Mark Wilcox that he {will make no appointments for | examinations to make up a list of held, Wilco:: said here today. examinations the Notic.s of these dent Roosevelt and made public! Wil! be posted by [NAME DIRECTOR “ON REEMPLOYMENT 5 DR. EDWARD L'‘ENGLE SE- applicants { LECTED FOR STATE OF FLORIDA | States Civil Service Commission in After the examinations are held, three names will be selected from Congressman Mark Wilcox has’ the list of successful asked President Roosevelt to have examinations held in the following cities: Key West, Da h, DeLand, Green Cove Winter Park and Okee- 1 for the jobs. One of these three men in each [city will be recommended to the (My Associated Preas) WASHINGTON, July 20. Dr. Edward L'Engle, of Jack- sonville, has been appointed re-employment director for Florida to aid in placing un- employed persons on jobs created under the national in- dustrial recovery act. Re-employment service will last only five months. STORM REPORT WASHINGTON, D. C., July 20. —Advisory 10:00 a. m.—Disturb- ed conditions ever the Western and Central Gulf of Mexico with some indications of center devel- oping about 200 miles west-north- weet of Progresso, Yucatan. chobee. LEADER OF ITALIAN AIR ARs Notices of the examinations will president for the permanent post- MADA HAS LUNCH WITH } be posted in a few days, it is sai | PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT land of the three highest el mastership, Wilcox caid. lin each city one will be selected jas postmaster, At the present time, there are temporary postmasters im the cities of Key West and Green TENDERS WORK AT (ity Awseemted Press) WASHINGTON, July Core 20.—; | Springs. After the examinations, Italian air armada which is wait-| it ie understecd here, the same ing in New York to hop off ow the return trip, arrived here to- ; LIGHT STATION velt, ‘ | ‘The tenders Ivy and Poppy are Smiling broadly as he alighted! today working on Smiths Shoals from a sleek navy plane that}; brought him from New York, Bal- bo was greeted by Secretaries Swanson and Roper, Italian Am- bassador Rosso and other digni-| taries, He had lunch with the ident at the White House men may be re-appointed perma- nently or others may take their places, depending upon the find- imge of the United States Civil m ond adjusting teem Wilcox declared that announce- It is possible the light will be laced in position this afternoon. connections completed and the of the light seen for the first ht ment of the new procedure came direct from the president himself Presi . teday. ‘gates will be voted on for both ‘wet and dry organizations and in November this phase of the ques-! ‘tion will be decided and the! Eighteenth U.. S. Amendmen either remain or be anulled, #/ far as the state of Florida is con-} cerned. But the Nineteenth will still re-' main an obstacle to be overcome) Hin 1934, and by that time many ideas may have undergone chang- | es and the State of Florida remain) jas is, is the opinion of many who |have been asked. cedure has already been established, when 25 indi- vidual loans to municipalities for, new waterworks systems were approved last week, they point out. ‘ If Ickes should take the position that because the Bridge Commission is, technically, a new applicant, the matter should go through the prescribed formali- ties, several weeks may be required to get a final de- cision. It is this delay which it is sought to avoid by seeking to place the application directly before the REV. GEKELER GIVES TALK AT | | | ROTARY MEETING. IN FEL- IN, ,MRS. GEKELER HEARD TWO VOCAL SOLOS; LOWSHIP COMMITTEE CHARGE OF PROGRAM 1 The Rotary Club today heard an exceleent talk by Rev. J. G. Gek-! tler on the subject of “Fellow- )ship”, while Mrs. Gekeler render- jed two vocal solos, both of which swere very much enjoyed as well} {as was the address given by Rev | Gekeler. j The Fellowship Committee theaded by William Bates, had} charge of today’s meeting, and) with the singing of the usual songs | and other activities, the luncheon proved to be quite an enjoyable alfair. | RELIEF WORKERS GET PAID TODAY’ LAST. PAY ON OLD BASIS OF FIFTEEN CENTS AN i HOUR H j Registrants on Emergency Ke- ilief lists were being paid today Distribution amounted to $533.70 This is the lest pay to be made jon the old basie of 15 cents an | hour. Hereafter all workers, males ant females, will be paid at the new | rate of 18 cents an hour, bringing the wage up to the rate being paid ite laborers on state read depart-/ ment projects. This increase is made possible this month by an increase in the monthly allotment for Monroe county from $4,000 to $6,000 Whether this amount is to r im effective in the future bas not "been stated, it is maid. | administrator. eh pare Os SHIGE foe Sere Drastic Proposal Adovcated Bearing OnRecovery Program {My Asscetaved Prens) WASHINGTON, July 20.— Foreseeing the cvisis in the re- covery program unless popular ae | purchasing power is stepped up to keep pace with rising prices, NINETEENTH STATE TO CAST | ji dustrial Administrator Hugh BALLOTS ON EIGHTEENTH Johnson today perfected a plan AMENDMENT for a nationwide adoption of niin- imum wages and working hour Himitations. | Only approval by President nearly # Roosevelt awaits promulgation of the the drastic proposition and John- on|#on is ready to seek that before » proposal to repeal the et ne cue is fae ‘with relinnes on pressure of pub- ap- lic opinion to get industrial and (Ny Ansoetnted Proms) Tennessee, dry for quarter of a century, was nineteenth state to vote today the voluntary eenth Amendment, The other 18 that voted, business concerns Into line. | Johnson told of hearings on pro- Oregon votes tomorrow and 17) possis for specific codes to raise other states decided to hold elee-; waxes and restrict working * thet “we are emerging from t depths but not from the dangers” of depression. He warned that wages must keep step with rising prices and that the erisis will be faced within the next month or two in bringing i buying power to par with ascend- ing cont of things. proved repeal. ions before November 7. AGENT PAYS TAX ON HOTEL PROP T. B. Bennett, tax agent for the | Florida. East Coast Railway com- pany, yesterday peid the county rome on the baidings of the Pier. KNOWN HIS POSITION da East Coast Hote! company. WASHINGTON, Jaly 29.-~ Thi» includes the taxes on the, President Roosevelt was reported Casa Maring Hotel and the Long im official quarters today to here Key properties, The total amonut taken « strong position in support was $4,801.12. lof his public works heard’s opposi- ——O —————-—eeew tiem to including a bie army hows- STRAND THEATER yt app in public gre pian. Gi Rogers-Norman | He ts understood to have indi- he Peebandanal inary cated to public works edministrs- ition officials he ia not in sympathy cafe se with big army housing and mech- June Clyde-William Collier, Jr. J) anization estimates submitted by la Forgotten ithe war department fer inciwion Matinee 10-18< Night 16-25<8 in the construction program. “ROOSEVELT MAKES