The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 17, 1933, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service VOLUME LIV. No. 195. STATE BOARD PURCHASE APPROVES OF $87,000 MONROE COUNTY BONDS Various Bonds Offered, In Sealed Bids Were: Opened Yesterday In Tallahassee (Ry Associated Fress) TALLAHASSEE, Aug. 17. —tThe board of administra- tion has approved the pur-; chase of $87,000 of Monroe county bonds with county funds deposited with the board under provisions of the Kanner Act of the 193315 legislature. The bonds offered in sealed bids were opened yes- terday. Blocks and purchase prices offered and approved by the board were: Ten thousand dollars Mon- roe county highway 5 1-2s at 27 without interest. Forty thousand dollars Monroe county road and: bridge 28 1-2 flat. Five thousand dollars Mooi souks.-hishiax, at; $244 per thousand. Three thousand dollars Monroe cotinty 5 1-28 road bonds 28 flat. Three thousand dollars} Monroe county road and} bridge 26 flat. \ Twenty-one thousand dol- | lars Monroe road and bridge 26 3-4 flat. Five thousand’ dollars Monroe road and highway 5 1-23 and 6s at 26 flat. CONDITIONS IN CUBA APPEAR T0 BE MORE QUIET’ ARRIVALS FROM HAVANA? STATE BENEATH SURFACE! 1S STILL GREAT DISTURB.: ED CONDITION EXISTING Everything is apparently ual on the surface in Cuba, said sev-! eral arrivals on the Florida from} Havana yesterday, but beneath’ there is a seething cauldron of bit- terness and hate that is secretly finding its outlet in the death of amumber of pro-Machvistas, There is not so much prom iscuous killing in the streets as be- fore, one of the passengers said, but daily numbers are being put to death by those now in power. When the presidential palace was opened and the records ran sacked list after list of names was found that carried the names of the former president's henchmen. ; informers and paid killers, with their home addresses. : Instead of shooting them down made to courts in the streets, visits are their komes, drum-head martial convened and those ad. judged guilty are summarily put to death. The history of the aftermath of the enforced abdication of Presi c Machado, if ever given to the rid, will be a tale ef horrors and it wa A. FAREWELL DANCE Tonight at Cuban Club Music By CAESAR LaMONACA’S BAND —~Ne Children Allowed— Admission S0c—(Plus Se tax) surprise: | MEMBER MACHADO REGIME ARRIVES | ABOARD FLCRIDA, DR. ROSADO AIBAR FEARED MOLESTATION ON ARRIVAL| AND ASKED FOR POLICE PROTECTION Dr. Rosado Aibar, secretary of; the Cuban government, under the Machado regime, arrived from Ha- tvana yesterday afternoon on the} . S. Florida. He feared molesta-/ tion and asked for military or po- lice protection. When the vessel arrived there/ "| were a number of refugees on the} dock. Probably recognizing some of them he asked that they be or-/ dered away. Acting Agent Joseph {| Saunders asked city authorities to, send some officer to the dock. Traffic Officer Alberto Camero! was sent and ordered the dock} cleared of all refugees and friends! accompanying them. In a short time the dock was cleared and the secretary came ashore, after pass- ing the immigration offices, board- ed the train and left for Jackson- ville. Others who were on the Ma-| chaéo side and had fled the island | arriving on the Florida were Sen- ator Manuel, Espinosa and . Mrs. Espinosa, Lorenzo Guerra, former- ly ‘consul in Miami, wife, Violeta, and Jose Gonzalez, who says he! is a Key Wester but has been in Havana for a long time. ‘GREAT DAMAGE RESULT OF BLAZE BUSINESS BLOCK IN NOKOM- IS, FLA., DESTROYED IN CONFLAGARATION «ty Anseemted Press) NOKOMIS, Fla., Aug. 17. —Fire, of undetermined orig- in, destroyed Nokomis’ prin- cipal business block with an estimated damage of approxi- mately $60,000. The loss included the post- office, canning plant owned by Dr. Fred H. Albee, noted surgeon, and other buildings. FOUR BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED Four permits for buildings were issued this week from the office of Harry Baker, building inspector, as follows: New galvanized roof and repairs! to porch of residence at 515 Sim- enton street. Owner, J Hoffman; $100. New galv ed roof on dence in Pea Lane Saunders; cost, $150 Erect garage at 1101 Sim street Owner, Diaz Bro repairs to Rose cost resi- Owner, S Repairs to roof of buil 209 jing at Owner, O. S SPANISH LIME SEEDS SOUGHT . Miss Mollie Parker the ifientiz Emerg R chairm: aut con seeds Che Key West Citsen KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1933. ‘La Guardia For Mayor!- By NOEL THORNTON tiy Assectuied sexs) NEW YORK,. August 17.— | Buoyed up by the confidence of} 150 years operation of its gigantic) political machine, Tammany is} | conf. onted by the most militant] | opp. ition it has faced in more} than haif a century. | | In November a mayor is to be} ‘elected to rule New York for the! next four years. John F.C vi and his governing council in the: ranks of the Tiger wigwam al- | ready have named Mayor John P.; { O’Brien as their choice to succeed! himself. McKee Vote Significant | Ordinarily this would be tanta- ,mount to saying that he would be! the next mayor, but this is not an! lordinary year The 400,000 re-' | publican voters in New York have | aligned themselves with several) 'fusionist groups, in close associa- | ition with Judge Samuel Seabury, ; \and the result has been selection! of the independent, Fiorello H.! | LaGuardia, as mayoralty candi-' \ date to wrest control from see, ny. Bs Uusually Tammany has been! table to corral 60 percent of the! registered voters, of which there! are 2,339,617 this year. Political| jobservers think they will hi {more than ordinary dif. | keeping their forces in line at the H November polls. | Not only are there the repub-j i licans, but what some regard more; significant is the fact that Joseph’ V. McKee polled 200,000 anti-| Tammany votes last fall when his {name was written in as an oppon-! ent to O’Brien. Budget Is Sore Spot The precarious condition of the, | | ' | | | i sf i} { November will bring a strong many office holders {the added annoyance of the fiery! and their candidate, LaGuardia. protests which have greeted May-! municipal budget has kept ‘Taim-; ' John P. O’Brien (extreme left). when Fiorello La Guavi in cons! ant} will be a struggle for control of the city that ‘will find the forces of Tammany Hall, headed by J: im. It) family is staying, said the fa slam 10 egal dam Faule4 adelphia aréa, and had commis-| hot water thix year; and there tw Fy Cureg" Celt center), batthrg againat the fuatonlels allied with Judge Samuel Seabury (right center And Tammany Tiger Roars; New York Sees - November ae Lines Laid Down test for New Yor' ay s powerful Tammany and its candidates, Mayor fusion candidate for the post, opposes hi: i Sees proposals for ba SR tio Judge Seabury, who refused the} fusionist mayoralty candidacy) himself, is the man behind the/{ scenes ‘in this newly organized {barrage to drive out Tammany | from its political control. Since} this wholesale indictinent of city| office holders during the Hofstad- | jter legislative investigation—an jinquiry which resulted in the res-| ignation of Mayor James J.) Walker—his political influence has risen. | Application for the loan to build LaGuardia A Fighter | When he and Kingsland | Macy, state republican chairman, be made next week, in all prob- {demanded that LaGuardia be sel-! ons lected as fusionist candidate, they, *Pility: said William R {won a dynamic candidate. | LaGuardia, an Italian and a for. jmier congressman, has long been. sioners of the Overseas Road and {a power in New York polit | Toh Bridge: District today. | ‘Despite the potentiality of the 7, | the Overseas Highway bridges will Porter, | secretary of the board of commis- ‘Application For Loan To. Build Bridges To Be Made Next Week, Porter States neither the payment of the prin-} cipal, nor any part thereof, nor any | thereon is to be payable | |threat of this fusionist attack, the ; Tammany ranks are quietly go- {many *years of victories behind ling along with their plans. With {thi and with the influence of 150,000 current office hol- ders, they say they have little to There still remain some things to be completed, data to be assem- bled and information to be secur- ied, but it is confidently believed gy that next week the application for Withal, New York, seems ek ing one of the most bitterly foug! peereatls races in its history. PARDON GRANTED | 10 THOS. | CULMER |SENTENCED IN MONROE COUNTY TO SEVEN ANDA HALF YEARS FOR ROBBERY H./H. Taylor will be selected to | present it to the state advisory | board at Tallahassee. Lar n New past 10 days sec Attorney J who has been ur and attending to b rs relative t t the proposed returned n this yesterda aga ft Mr parin (Ny Ansocinted Press) TALLAHASSEE, Aug pardon was granted Thomas Culver, negro, sente n Monroe county, Jan. 21, 1921, ven and a half years for rob He escaped ptember 2, , and was recaptured No 20, 198 Tay joan is asked. before the today Regarding Election pertaining 4 ew ard n is effective Sunday would have expired 1935 (fy Assectated Press) WASHINGTON, Dr. Man- wel Marques Sterling, former Cuban ambassador to Mexico, accepted the offer of Presi- dent Carlos de Cespedes to be ambassador to Washington. the loan will be presented, and that ¢!c | | \ inter othe! e. MAJOR M'NAMARA CONCLUDES STAY | AT GUARDS’ CAMP: ASSISTANT ADJUTANT GEN.| ERAL LEAVES YESTERDAY | TO RESUME ACTIVITIES ay HEADQUARTERS ee ion may be found in this issue The Citizen and owners of prop- ida National Guard, assistant ad-! /R. W. GRAY GIVES VIEWS PER- ae are qualified voters suggested by the com- ‘the ssion, read each of the announce- s carefully to thoroughly fa- niliarize themselves with the re- quirements. Important Feature As Mr. Porter said today, the plication can be made at anytime But the most im-' to the loan the qualifies holders ' e for the bridges oting the bond issue. freeholder, as used in the ia meant any person who mmediate beneficial own: legal or equitable, ted on. prerequisite eing granted is thi hed an ership interest ne title din the Overseas Road and Hi ‘Bridge Dist special registration of these nolder,electors will be held at) "| court house commenc- Aug d jing September 12 ks will be open from the morning until noon lock in the afternoon each day of the signated. ng the registration and Porter said that no ever been given dence their di 1 information relative to the} dj in-| to a fee simple estate :, ft 29 and continuing Major John R. McNamara, Flor gutant general, who has been at} encampment. left yesterday ‘for St. Augustine to resume his} activities in headquarters. He arrived at the station accom-j ‘panied by Lieutenant Colonel M.| R. Woodward, other officers of jthe command, and a bevy of of-| Also an escort of enlisted personnel who. were ficers wives. de- tailed to see the major safely on the train. Before the time for the train to ‘leave, a lane of enlisted men was| ormed to the steps of the car to indicate to the departing officer! the exact route to take. While waiting for the signal to} leave, it jearned that owing to the number of aliens on the Flor-; ida the train would not leave rntil about 6 o'clock. This was too late . decided several of the of- iT who were anxious to yet back for supper. Major William V. Albury among the hungry ones 20 he de cided to speed the departing gues? and cried “All aboard Major McNamara hastened shake bands with the individaals in the different groups and made his to » the ear showered by rice thre brother officers Bystanders began to ask if was a wedding party. the bride? It had to be thet when a major i bear Mech Work Performed one year these re than roe an « ave given their experience te the ct to way Six) his wife remained behind. as this case, it was an old Florida Vational Guard custom to show- er the departing husband with tice, STRAND THEATER Lee Tracy in THE NUISANCE Buddy Rogers-Marian Nixon in BEST OF ENEMIES i it 1 Orches- Mir 18ate; Right Ub-38e ‘OUTFIT CAPTURED for hated members of Porra, ous- | cairt, who was chief of police un- | MANAGER OF HOTEL GIVES INFORMATION | | was! j | For 58 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West PRICE FIVE CENTS © LONGSHOREMEN'S STRIKE IN HAVANA NOW PRESENTS VERY SERIOUS SITUATION MEMBER OF PORRA| One Demand snd Would Call For Lightering Ships’ Cargoes On. Barges In Harbor CLAIMS MACHADO TO SETTLE DOWN IN PHILA- DELPHIA The strike in Havana of the longshoremen has assum- ed larger proportions than was at first anticipated, and their demands, according to a.loca! firm of custom brok- eon-/ ers, will never be acceded to. Among numerous other conces-' < sions demanded is one providil gun fight, of Jose Del Valle. | that no ferry boats be allowed to After an exchange of shots with bring loaded cars to the docks, This, the strikers claim, takes work from hundreds of employes. Another demand, equally as ri- diculous, according to the same source of information, is that no the house in which he was found. Beet sae be allowed to dock He is brother-in-law of A. B. Ain- oy eee ae oud bor and hens th ote re City Associated Press) HAVANA, August 17.—Hunt ted President Macfhdo's secret! service police organization, tinued with the capture, after a} soldiers, some of whom he woun- ded, Del Valle attempted to es- cape over roofs of buildings near der Macted » 8, DERE of men. The strikers are NE PHILADELPHIA, August 172 cada catint ar Seis bal Daniel Crawford, junior manager | ott yesterday it was ened that of the hotel at which the Machado dock; workers had taken seven oe ‘the he vessel’: en the ered (work at once. This was why the vessel returned yesterday with 17 of the 24 cars taken to Havana. iso sioned him to look for a home or estate. likely \ | Fifty Thousand Chinese Lose Lives In Widespread Floods CLAIMS NO CAUSE Pinar ese | FOR CONCERN NOW i floods of the Yellow iver in northern China were said FROM ANY STORM'« = have caused 50,000 deaths in the last few days. Officials of the Kinkowhankow railway in giving this estimate said many more undoubtedly had pvatea since the dikes began” {| breaking over a wide area, but that a complete total will never be | keowm, | To add to the misfortunes of ‘the destitute population, bandits the three tropigal storms report-, have appeared in submerged areas ed by Washington weather bureau,! except that observed off Cubs. |= Menem Provines, marth of bere, This one appeared to be heading! end are plundering towns and either for the Yucatan channel or} extreme end of Cuba and unless; jit recurves sharply, probabily will} Dozens of towns in western pass far at de@, the said. | This storey poy 10:30 o'clock to | Shantang were destroyed today idey was approximately 450 2 flood waters moved slowly to- south southwest of Miami. The disturbance off Granada| “ard the river's mouth. Thousands is plotted about 1900 miles south-' were made homeless. east of Miami and the third about) . 2000 miles east southeast of the; Mony, clinging te trestepy Chon, Fiorida Peningula. | dikes broke were swept to their | death. All crops in an long 20 miles | stroyed. TAINING TO DISTURBANCES, AS REPORTED MY WASH- INGTON BUREAU (ity Agngeinted Pron) MIAMI, August 17. —Richard| W. Gray, government either! man, said there was no cause for {concern at the present over any of villages. JAMAICA SUFFERS, wv HEAVY FROM STORM DEATH TOLL FROM scious! } ANCE NOW REACHES ~ 70 PERSONS cn SO miles wide were de- STORM REPORT j WASHINGTON, D. C., August 11 —~Advisory 1030 «. m.: Trop. ‘jen! disturbance central 100 te 1150 miles south of Isle of Pines Jef slight ta mnde~s: + (My Aemnginted Freee) KINGSTON, Jam- aica, August 17.—The death toll mounted = * 70 persons ia the uo cal storm which, early yesterday, did $2,000,- 000 worth of damage in this vicinity. by gales central latitude 18 longi tude 60 moving westward,