The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 28, 1933, Page 1

Associgted Press Day Wire Requests Received In. Con- nection With Matter For Full Explanation Of Sit- uation (By Asscelated Preas) WASHINGTON, July 28.— Many more signatures of volun- tary wage-raising and job-making agreements’ were ‘reported ‘today | <> te the” recovery - ‘administration from’ post offices ‘throughout the nation; but: deme Tequeste ‘for Naserpranationr™ These are being scraped up es rapidly as possible by Donald Rich- berg, general counsel, and Thom- as Hemmond, direcfor of the re- employment campaign. ‘They stumped by some questions and. indicated no intetpretation of blanket code’s terms would be: is- : confessed themselves wf sued until the whole thing .wa worked ‘out . They believed they would have to await thé rétura of Hugh Johneon from Detroit. In the meanwhile: the adminis. ber department for conciliation and to the administration's labor thé American Fédération of Labor discourage strikes at least. until @ new hour when wage' levels be- cand settled by adoption ef con. petition codes. But local irri- tations are bound ‘te cause some walkouts. od ASKS VIEWS ON WAGE ISING WASHINGTON, July. . 28,-~ Anxious to achieve @ degree of fmmediate stability, the lumber industry today asked the recovery administration its views on wages nd hours. Tt expects an answer soon, Hearings on a proposed lumber code, stipulating wages from 310.80 to $20.40 and 40 to 48 wars, has been completed and in- justry is redrafting it to bring it line with the wishes of federal icials, BOZA CASE NOW UPTO JURY The case of Fito Boza, charged a statutory offense, went to jury this afternoon and his te rests with the following tales- ; James A. Keaton, Charles C. F. F. Hoffman, James W. T. Archer, W. H. Fel- Rt direct testimony In the cage in lest night. This morning witnesses were called in re- i after which the attorneys their arguments to the defense attorneys, J. Lance- ster, W. Curry Harris and V. Albury addressed the the state's case was pre- by J, Walter Kehoe and Pine, who had the closing t.. tt deal of the evidence out in the testimony was By WALTER T. BROWN | (By Axsoclated Prexn) HYDE PARK, N. Y., July; 28—The world at large! jealls him “Mr. President,” LIGHT PLACED — <sts bim — ‘but to Dutchess county he is IN OPERATION «Fran Roosevelt. It is as “Frank” rather than as| \“Mr. President” that his nomad jtown and home county prepared | RAYS to welcome him when they learned | LAST) f his plans to leave Washington | fduring the last few days of July | for a 10-day vacation at Krum} | Elbow on the Hudson, ancestral) ted: tale Neghee looked forward ale NEW BEACON AT NORTHWEST ENTRANCE SHEDS FOR FIRST TIME NIGHT Smith: Shoals ive: for which tas one ‘year! ay,’ shed its ‘mys | evcccccee The Key West Citsen KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1933. President’s Just ‘Frank’ To Neighbors ~ Welcoming Him On Hyde Park Vacation @oocooceeese evcccccvecsese secccccce There’s Plenty To Do When Roosevelt Goes Home ee For 53 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West ROOSEVELT LEAVES TONIGHT FOR SOJOURN AT HYDE PARK STORM NEARING WATLING ISLAND, REPORTS STATE TROPICAL DISTURBANCE NOW! ON NORTHWEST COURSE; WILL GO SLIGHTLY EAST OF MAIN BAHAMA ISLANDS President Will Carey OF fice Staff To Take Care Governmental Af- fairs (By Associated Presa) WASHINGTON, July 28. —President Roosevelt clean- ed up his desk today for de- parture tonight for Hyde wclated Prens) Park, where he will spend jaly 28.—There is: 20| most of August. ‘light: for:the guidance of mari ners'on these-waters: The whist- ling |budy,*which'for' many: years ; thas been the aid: to navigation at thle shoals, was removed yester-) day by the Tender Ivy. The structure is a hexagonal pyramidal skeleton, painted white. The lantern is black. Of 1,700 andle power, the light can be seen at.a distance of 15 miles, from the} longer any danger of high winds} tytent on the recovery ~ on the lower east coast of Florida, | drive; he will take with him | Richard Gray, Miami Meteorolo-| nis office staff and maintain — gist, said today after « Washing-/ #41] command of govertién- ton storm advisory revealed a re-'+5) affairs there. curve in the path of the tropical! The president will ” busy |disturbance, which had been ap-/himself with many of the ithe August visit, Mr. Roosevelt's; irst to his home since he reales | President. They arranged fora |couple of bands, the American}! iLegionnaires in uniform, thei {Roosevelt home club to meet him! —but knew that chiefly neighbors/ jand friends would be there to! { Weleonts “Frank.” Many ‘Roosevelt Welcomes Hyde Park has had many Roose- | deck of a ship 40 feet above the velt welcomes. It was a sur- water. Its flash is seen every, prised and somewhat unbelieving} five seconds and is of one minute | crowd that called on him 22 years! duration. e y jago when he won -his first po! Focal plane of the light is 49/tical office, a state senatorship. | feet, above mean high water, and, | Dutchess county had been so over-| officers of the S. S. Florida say|whelmingly ‘republican that aj that the structure is visible on a ; democrat running for office was| clear day for a distance of approx- Pia to be wasting his time. | imately 15 miles. t ® Roosevelt's neighbors . ac-| Lights of the same type are to| claimed him as an assistant secre-\ be.erected at Tennessee Reef, Pul-! tary of the navy during the world aski Shoals, New Ground andjwar. They gave him lots of cheers / Glaina Wreck Shoals. All of the, but comparatively few votes when} material for the Tennessee Reef|he was James M. Cox's vice presi-| project ‘is now at the depot and/dential running mate in 1920.! cofstruction will begin as soon! Tears. not marked the sad ag-the exigencies of the service, ee 93 nd weutnde cOhaltions, ACHE ebtiditions, pérmit. { ROOSEVELT CALLS FOR SPECULATION master of Krum Elbow returned | _ as the party presidential choice ‘and again, on a rainy night in November, when. Mr. Roosevelt motored: up from: New), York , just CONGRESSMAN’S { When President Roosevelt marked “vacation” on his August calendar, Krum Elbow (photo), ancestral Roosevelt home at Hyde Park, N. Y., began preparing for his firet visit since he was elected to the presidency. Here he is shown (see at his White House desk, in Krum Elbow’s swim- ming pool and on one of his drives through the estate at Hyde Park. - But all will not be rest and play—for an office staff was instructed to leave Washington for Hyde Park with the President, who plans to alternate work with rest and recreation, returning to his desk greatly refreshed. -|RECOVERY HEAD FUNERAL RITES after he had been elécted. Presi-| proaching the south end of the outstanding problems deal- | peninsula. \ing with the recovery _pro- gram while away from the the Bahamas indicated the storm is capital, and in addition will approaching Watling Iéland, also! confer with officials from known as San Salvador, traveling|time to time on other issues northwestward about twelve miles concerning the nation. WRECKING TUG RETURNS HERE RELIEF ARRIVES YESTERDAY WITH TANKER VIS- TULA IN TOW An advisory said reports (asd an hour. ‘The course had previously been} {west northwest, pointing for the! | Florida straite or lower east: coast. | The new northwest course wil) carry the disturbance slightly to |the east of the main Bahame s Watling is the mest eas! erly of the islands, approximately four hundred miles southeast of Miami. , Radie advices from Turks’ Is- The tug Relief with the tanker Vistula in tow from Mobile, arriv- ed in port yesterday afternoon. The tug Willett. also arrived from New York. Advices as to the hurricane in governor, Hyde Park shouted a welcome, and last year there were} TELEGRAPH MESSAGE SENT TO ALABAMA BY CHIEF EX-| ECUTIVE GENERALLY HAIL-! SISTER HELDIN FOR QUICK AUTO | dent. Sign Out When He’s Home The Roosevelt home is a mile) FOR G. BABCOCK | tanith tadhy:gold’'6t, ths atbeise the West Indies made it advisable that the vessels make port until the course of the disturbance was fully determined. south of the village of Hyde Park! AUTO ACCIDENT The Relief is at her berth at the two homecomings—one when the! ED AS DARING ACT By HERBERT PLUMMER (Ry Ansociated Press) WASHINGTON, July When President Roosevelt patched that now famous tele- gram to Alabama respecting re- peal of the eighteenth amend. ment, it was:hailed generally as a! daring move: And it Was. so regarded, despite 28. — dis- the fact that-it was not the first! time since, F. D. R.. became Presi- dent that-he! lias stirred . amaze- ment: by*his bold strokes. Just how Leon MeCord, na- tional committeeman from Ala- bama, came to communicate with Roosevelt on this subject and why! his reply, has never been re- vealed. Whether the stage was set ahead of time for this inter- hange perhaps only the prin- cipals know. There was a significant thing. however, about the President’s telegram to McCord. It was a carefully phrased document. He merely reiterated the stand he has taken since he was nominated. Re- peal of the eighteenth amend- ment is a part of the democratic platform, and “I subscribe to that platform,” was his statement. Another Blast The President has written an other message since then, time to “Big Jim” Farley, post master general and dispenser of patronage, which, from a political standpoint is perhaps more dar ing than the other. At atime when “deserving (Continued on Page Four) ILEEN WILLIAMS REAPPOINTED : this (Wy Associated Presa) TALLAHASSEE, July 28. —Gevernor David Sholtz has reappointed Heen Williams, of Key West, as Monroe County jevenile judge for the term ending July 28, 1937. the President elected to wire him! CODE DECISION ARE HELD TODAY |r. co aia gas e terday. Considerable damage was (By Associated Press) DETROIT, July 28.—Gen- eral Hugh Johnson, national recovery administrator, who flew here unannounced in an army airplane and said he will stay “until I get this thing buttoned up”, today sought to speed acceptance by the auto- mobile industry of its formal code. A code drafted by repre- sentatives of the national automobile chamber of com- merece is still awaiting signa- tures of individual members. m adopted at the ce, calling for a on August 1, found readier acceptance. done the salt industry of the is- land, with drowned. and four miles, north of Pough-/ | keepsie, county seat of Dutchess. It sits well back from the Albany {Post road, hidden in summer by | trees along the driveway and on jthe lawn, When Mr. Roosevelt is jat Krum Elbow, his mother _ so! I notifies his friends by raising al small marker at the estate en-! jtrance. The marker bears the) legend’ “F, D. Roosevelt.” | { | The home is on a hill high: jabove the Hudson river. From the south side of the house one may jsee the stretch of the broad river) over which is held the famous; morrow in the, deech of a woman jcollege regatta. ‘who was run down and fatally in- Mr, Roosévelt has always had/jured by Miss Caldwell’s automo- two working corners of the house!’ bile. jone his office at the north end! The victim, Mrs. Lena Ander- of the building and a desk at one! son, was a widow of the late State ARPT |were attended by Anchor Lodge end of the huge library on the|Senator, Hugh Anderson, of Ten- |No. 182, F. and A. M., of which tive of her husband, Wettach, polo \south side of the house. | nessee. ANTLARSENIC \the deceased was a member. sued and gained recommenda- Swimming On Program Miss Caldwell drove the woman | The deceased was for many tien for divorce from the ad- House guests of the Roosevelts GRAPEFRUIT LAW ; Fears active in the business and jalways are taken to the “cottage” | ident. | political life of Key West and had/ BEING OPPOSED cee ‘COUNTY. CLERK The action i uncontested. for tea. The “cottage” is a small) served as mayor, tax collector and} house on the estate adjoining the} seein | Wettach said she once struck him over the bead with « GOES ON TRIP. SUIT BROUGHT UP ON CON. | TENTION THAT SCIENTIFIC Val Kil! furniture factory, a pro- Survivors are the widow, Mrs.} ject begun by Mrs. Roosevelt to| | Ellen Babcock; one daughter, Mrs.| heavy metal trophy be woe aud another time she punched USE OF ARSENIC VALUABLE provide work for the jobless of| Theodore Stadig, of Miami, who or-} him on the nose. {MISS JEAN CALDWELL IN one man | CUSTODY OF REPRESENTA-| TIVE CALDWELL PENDING INQUEST | |KEY WEST RESIDENT DIED AT LOCAL HOSPITAL LAST! NIGHT; ANCHOR LODGE AT. TENDS FUNERAL safety. | | (Hy Associated Press) WASHINGTON, July 28.—Miss Jean Caldwell, sister of Represen- tative Caldwell, Florida, was re- | leased in custody of the congress man today pending an inquest to- George L. Babcock, 64 years! old, died 8 o'clock last night in a! local hospital, after a brief illness. | WILDA BENNETT | Funeral: services were held this IS FREE AGENT! | morning, 10:30 o'clock, from the| (My Anseciated Presad { Lopez Mortuary Chapel TRENTON, New Jersey, on Ba-| hama street, Mra. H. S. McClanna-| July 28.—Wilda Bennett, | Broadway musical comedy jhan of the First Church of Christ, ! | scientist, officiating. The services star of a few years free agent today at t! t jto a hospital, brought her brother } and informed the police of the ac- of ideal for tea. VERY | Often all of the Roosevelts and their guests go swimming, includ ing Mr. Roosevelt the East re. Ross C. Sawyer, clerk of it court, left over the ast rday afternoon A polo game) Jacksonville, and expects terminates the afternoon's tore Banda Usually “F. D.” is one of the The play In the past Mr. Roose-! is to atte velit has driven his own car around) from al! the estate. | meeting was to convene at The Roosevelt family attends. o'clock this morning s at the St. James’} During his absence the office h, an ancient ivy-| Will be in charge of Miss Flore ure of English de Sawyer paty clerk 2, a dozen rods back from the! STORM REPORT t read and a few miles north C.. Jul to (My Anasec! 4 Press) ND, July 28.—Injunc- gs, seeking to agriculture m en forcing t fun. yer’s tr f clerks « Th 10 of Mr. Saw ecting parts of Florida. ers. Growers announced tion wae ecentatives of 15,- of grapefruit land in inelias, Hardee, Highlands i Lake counties. y said the suit is brought on tion that the law was invalid cement would resalt of property, with- of inw med tacts avilable act was passed, | of arsenic to Hyde Park. Generations of Roosevelts and ether pioneers of the upper Hudson have worshiped there, ; WASHINGTON, D ory, 10:00 a. Bahamas indica’ disturbance Isiand appar app: Rg north-. because enfe per > «on tine Ploughman. Tonight at Cuban Club SILVER CUP CONTEST-— {Porter dock and the Willett is believed; standing by the Vistula. With fav- orable weather conditions. prevail- ing, the Willett will leave with the The American schooner Adams} Vistula, in tow tomorrow morn bi jing. debe oping tape er sain te) ‘The schooner yacht Polaris, sea and some fear is felt for its; from Miami, arrived at the Porter dock today. Captain Vaughn, well known to many Key Wester, in ‘ Ree of the vessel. re cr ae ‘BIG PAYROLL FOR: | APPROXIMATELY $1,395 . DIS- TRIBUTED HERE FOR WEEK Approximately $1,395 will have {been distributed to men and wom jen workers on relief projects this jerks when the employes are puld loff tomorrow, The firat pay this week amount- ed to $692.76. The next day | $280.44 wag distribated,. This orning the ot nted t the Hyde Park vicinity. In front, rived in Key West a v 0: leone cad tee eran the house is an outdoor pool. one son, George L. Babe ork, { led $260 will be disbursed. The shady banks of the pool are . Mrs. Harriett ol o_ married three years | ‘Last week end this week the x isters, Mrs. Mamie Navarro, distributions have been larger than nd Mrs. Lonis Brinton, of Bost during any previous period. Thin Mass ; one brother, Claude Bab- | is duecto the allotment for Mont><" = ROTARIANS HEAR [sins | | from $4,000 to $6,000 MRS. M. JOHNSON | TALK BY TREVOR’ CHT ‘LARSON NAMED T0 DIES LAST NI | The name of B. D. Trevor, nol was the principal speaker st the) [regular Rotary luncheon held you! Mra. Minnette J. Johnson, 53 | terday at the noon hour, was inad-| (iy Amenctaiet Preent years obi, died 9:30 o'clock last|vertently omitted in the write up; WASHINGTON, July 24.—~ night in the home, 615 Fleming | appearing im yesterday's iseve of President Resevelt Joday nam- street. Fuperal services are to: The Citizen. Eawi ak be held when advices are received; Mr. Trevor addressed the meet- “* —_ = a from a daughter, Mra Harry|ing on the subject of the laun-| stone Heights, as collector Ploughwan, in Beltimore, Md., and j¢ry business, —— < clear) internal revenue for Flerids. ‘a niece, Mra. Boy Childs, Sanjand conte ov’ o the | ——— Diewe, Calif. many features which enter in § STRAND THEATER Survivors are three sons, Jer-jto the operation of this class of/ Jack Holt in _main, Frederick and Henry John- enterprise. THE WOMAN { STOLE Two daughters, Mine Celes-] Mr. Trevor's remarks were Tint! ae Johnson snd Mra. Harry |ened to with rapt attention. and | w Powell § ‘One sister, Miss May | the address was considered one of BD hee DETECTIVE Jermain. Niece, Mrs. Roy Childs ‘the best yet to be given at = ses bd fire grand children m of the Rotary organization, Matinee 10-18<; Night 15-25« iand