The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 31, 1933, Page 1

a Associated Press Day Wire Service VOLUME LIV. No. 207. STATE BOARD PURCHASE MONROE BONDS: Fifty-Three Thousand Dol- lars Worth To Be Han- dled In Proposed Pur- chase Gy Ausociated Press) TALLAHASSEE, Aug. 31. —The State Board Admin- istration at a meeting held today, gave its approval to} the purchase of $53,000 of Monroe county bonds. The rate as agreed upon by the commission handling the proposition was'to make the purchase on the basis of jjamas near Long Island. $1,000 of the bonds at 25 flat, $4,000 at 26.4 flat, and $48,000 at 261% flat. This action in connection| with the proposed cuipchace| is subject to the approval and specific request by the Monroe Gounty Commission. ; {winds along the lower Florida ‘near the center of the APPROVES ‘Big Shots’ ISAYS STORM OF SMALL DIAMETER; | OFF LONG ISLAN CLAIMS NO By SHERMAN J. McNALLY OKLAHOMA GITY, August 31. Half a dozen desperate escaped |eonviets, part of the band of 11; who escaped from Kansas state! | penitentiary, ladt. Memorial ‘day, have left a trail of bloodshed and ae Snvugliane the southwest. ave invaded small towns,’ hos 4 see with sub-machine! DANGEROUS £48, robbing banks and “shoot-| ing it out” whenever challenged. WINDS ALONG LOWER} Hideouts Deep In Hills FLORIDA COAST DURING; Reputed hideouts of those evad- ling capture so far are deep in, NEXT 24 HOURS ithe rugged eastern Oklahoma hill jcountry, where officers seeking {them for crimes ranging from Prens) moter car theft to murder might MIAMI, Aug. 31.—Richard W.{search for weeks without finding} Gray, governmert meterologist, ; them. said there would be no dange’ | U. 8. District Attorney Vande-! venter at Kansas City said that hours; Harvey Bailey, ‘artested recent- small ly in Dallas, Texas, was one of| Ba-'the machine gunners taking part} jin the slaughter of four officers; The storm is of only moderate |and their prisoner, Frank Nash, in! intensity, Gray said, and of a very| Kansas City June 17, and that} small diameter. Long Island Wilbur Underhill and Verne C.} approximately 350 miles southeast; Miller, a former South Dakota| of Miami. jsheriff, participated. | Radio reports from the Baham-| 1 was Underhill, youthful des- as, he said, failed to show the | Perado serving a life term for storm wd8 attended by dangerous|™urdering a Wichata, Kansas, po-| paseo liceman, who. officers said led the! prison’ break. Winds of gale force probably oc-| : curring over a very. small. area! : Baily A Bank Robber disturb- His right hand man was Bailey, coast during the next despite the presence of tropical disturbance in 24 a the THIRD PURCHASE | Records ifi the office of County | Clerk Ross C. Sawyer, show; i this to be the third purchase of: bonds made by the State Board of, Administration for Monroe coun-; ty, using the money allotted from | oth ey tax, The fis it 5 ste4,000 Se in the amount of $81,000 the; purchase of yesterday; $53,000, These purchases mean that this 3 | amount of bonds that were on the; er, the amount of more market against ‘the revenue have beep -bought in to the eredit of} ty nv aid to the tax-| than page of the of ma indebtedness of Pie county. has! the ex- ately $60,-| ARRAIGNED IN COURT TODAY; ance, but Gray said there will be Who helped to seize Kirk Prather, no dangerous winds in Florida|then warden, and the two guards} during the next 24 hours, jused: as shields while the convicts }made their mad dash across Kan- j Sas. Bailey was under sentence jot 20 to 100 years for bank rob- ; bery. WOULD PREPARE AGAINST STORM TALLAHASSEE, Aug. 31.— 7 d Fred C, Elliot, engineer for tras-;, The other three, all convicted tees of the state internal improve-| 4k robbers, are: Bob (Big Boy) ment fund, advised residents of | Brady, who also eseaped from the ¢ Okeechdbee-who-are “not se-|Okl4homa penitentiary, serving a 8) curely housed” to seek temporary | fe term in Kansas as an habitual Shaler dn aubetantial bullditigs” bes riminal; Ed Davis, escaped Okla- years for bank ‘robbery; and Jim storm now in ie apiece ke Bahanias, Clark, serving 20 to 100 years for "AIRMAN KILLE KILLED | Among the major crimes for | whieh the five are wanted are the DURING CRASH >= x of a policeman at ,Cheto-| a bank at Chelsea, Okla., June 1;) the killing of four officers, includ- | ACCOMPANIED BY WIFE VIS- tic union station in Kansas City ITED LAND OF HIS FORE [June 17; and the robbery of a Gang Friendly To Nash The Underhill ~ Bailey gang is} (ity Assoemted Prews) - ings because of its known friend- NEW SMYRNA, August 31.— ship for Frank Nash, federal con-| cause of possible danger from the homa conviet, serving -20: to see | bank robbery. pa; Kans., May 81; the robbery of| ling a federal agent, in front of} | bank at Weir City, Kans., Aug. 2. ' FATHERS | {Sought in the union station slay- ; Clifford Bell, local flier, was kill./ vict whose rescue was attempted | Bailey’s Arrest Gets One Of Gang’s | plaza slaughter, Pitoeed ino building in the rear of | The Key West KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1933. Among Escaped Convicts Seventy Million Dollars Tun Over To War Department For Rivers And Harbors Projects — CHICAGO, Aug. 31,—Mrs. | Eleanor Jarmen, called “Blonde Tigress” by police because of her alleged participation in aldo, te Séptenced: te, 109// yeate in| rison following her conviction on i charge of murder in connection with the recent slaying of Gustave Hieh in his haberdashery. Her companions, George Dale, her al- leged sweetheart, and Leo i Robberies and murders mark the trail of violence left by a gang | "°°! were convicted at the same of desperadoes in “the southwest. Inthe upper left is Harvey Bail- | time. ‘ ey, said to have been one of the killers in the Kansas City station (One Hundred And Ninety. Nine Years In Prison Is Sentence Imposed On ‘Blonde Tigress’ (By Associated Press) Dale, accused of being the ac- was sentenced death in the electric chair, while tual: slayer, to Minneci received a 199 year term. The 29-year-old divorcee, who two children, took the stand during the is the mother of trial and denied any connection she was an irmocent victim of her defendants whom she accused of slaying the aged merchant with- out her Se: below him, Verne Miller, and upper right, Wilbur Underhill, both declared participants. Sheriff And Deputy: ) 350 ‘Bote o Home Sheriff K..O. Thompson Cire Senate Harry Dongo, suspended from the office of police justice by May- or W. H, Malone, is preparing al defense to the charges made by| the mayor and will present’ them! when the matter comes up for) | Chief Deputy Clements Jaycocks | hearing. | Mr. Dongo says that the chavi- | indulged in a beer destroying ora | ARE ATTACKED BY BEES YESTERDAY es are entirely without foundation and believes he is in a position | | INCIDENT HAPPENS © WHILE bition nang when given the opportunity to do so. H AT WORK ON LOT WHERE! Following is the gist of a state-| CONWAY RESIDENCE WAS/™ent made to The Citizen today relative to his suspension and in- BURNED SOME TIME AGO tentions, which is part of an open! letter addressed to the president! and members of the city council:, mew | this ‘morning, smashing about 500) bottles of home brew. On a search for the unlawful beverage they found that a lot wa: ta place on Duval street. Applying to the owner of the} building they were informed that unicipal Judge Is nT Charges "BIG-INCREASE FOR BUILDING PERMITS HERE INSPECTOR HARRY BAKER IS. SUES ELEVEN FOR BUILD- DURING PAST WEEK There was a decided jump in is- suance of building and repair with | ed when the plane in which he was teaching Max Massey of this | HARRY ALLEN 1S CHARGED) 25, 4 fy crashed WITH. ASSAULT AND BAT+| dunes near here. TERY; DEFENDANT WELD) Massey received a broken leg FOR CRIMINAL COURT into sand and severe lacerations. Harry Allen, colored, was ar- raigned in the court of Judge Hugh Gunn this morning on the charge of assault and battery, his COAST GUARD wife alleging he drove her = BOATS LEAVE ape Sere ior |THREE VESSELS WERE On the stand the woman reit-, erated the charges contained in| PORT EARLY PART OF WEEK IN the warrant and felt sure her hus-| band would kill her. This evi-| dence was corroborated by a wit-' ness who said he heard the threat! made by Allen to kill his wife. | Allen stated that he had never made any threat about killing his wife. On the other hand she had made attempts to kill him and on on occasion he was forced to jump from & two story window to es- cape the assaults of his better! half. He told a harrowing tale of his marital troubles and insisted he had not on the morning cited in the charges contained in the war- rant on which he was arrested, said one unkind word nor did any action to warrant his better half in taking the steps she had. That his story carried no weight with the judge is shown by his holding the defendant in bond of $100 for trial at the next term of criminal court in September, Of the three ters that were part of now, The work St. Petersburg yestert coast guard in port the week, none a Tuscarora, here for d for the per Unalga, here on the <x wailed 12:10 o’clotk thi for her home derdale. the district, wukies, home port is Key West, 3:15 this morning the CELEBRATE GROWTH | SIXSHOOTER JUNCTION {Ry Annocinted Pres HARIINGEN, Tex. Aug. —Pioreers x Grande val celebrate gen from its present. size. Order Your Meat Early SATURDAY | Market Closes 9:00 p. m. | Monroe Meat. Market S10 Fleming St. Phone 411 ‘}pistol battle with officers, se idered 10:30 &. m. on East Florida but who~ also was slain in the! | bloody encounter. On, July 26 the five desperados} |wrote a letter to an Oklahoma City} | newspaper, asserting they had rob-| ‘bed a, bankeat Black Rock, Ark., | June 16, and affixing their thumb-| |Prints as evidence that their sig-! jnatures were genuine. Their pur- pose, they stated, was to exhonor-| ate several other men accused of} |the crime, | Others Accounted For The other convicts who parti-) cipated in the Memorial day break,! jabdueting three women as host- ages, have all been accounted for. t Lewis Bechtel and Frank Sawyer} j were recaptured in Oklahoma ay jfew days later. Sawyer after a ~ | |ly Woods and Clifford Dopso ; Were apprehended June 10 hear! San Angelo, Tex., and returned to} the prison. Kenneth Conn was shot to death | jed and taken into custody duly} 14 at Altamont, Kans. when Isaac MeCarty, bank cashier, re-! pulsed their efforts to hold up the} institution by firing on them from, WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 31. -Northeast sterm warnings or- coast from Jacksonville to Key | West. Tropical disturbance cen- tral near Long Island, Bahamas, ‘probably attended by gales, al- though there is some slight indica- tion of decreased intensity. It is, apparently moving west north- westward about 16 miles an hour. Caution advised vessels in Ba- mas and in east and south Flor- waters next 24 hours. Nerth- and north winds will incresse becoming strong tonight over south pertion of display and baal Friday over north portion. he had rented the place to no one. | The windows and doors had been; |battened up and other measures | created an incident in the day’s H. Malone, mayor of your city, a from the office of Building In- taken to prevent it being opened.! These precautions proved no de- terrent to the officers who forced jan entrance and found they were jon the right track as spread out before them were 15 cases with} two dozen boitles in each. After the destruction of the | brew the officers went to a bev- erage dispensary operated by Frank Paco and found a bottle of{ liquor which is forbidden by law. This was confiscated and proprietor arrested and wards released on bond, LINDBERGH PAYS VISIT TO SWEDEN after- e| and Alvis Payton seriously wound-| CLIFFORD BELL LOSES LIFE] **- WHILE TEACHING ANOTH- ER HOW TO FLY (My Associated Frese) HELSINGBORG, Sweden, Aug- Honey bees and honey comb, first aid with mercurochrome,| 25th, 1933, I received from Wm.' August 31, eleven being issued “On the afternoon of August Permits during the week ending. PRICE FIVE CENTS | Many Florida Points In- cluded Where Vast Ex- penditures Are To Be Made By Government (Ry Annoctated Press) WASHINGTON, Aug. 31. j}—The Public Works Ad- ministration turned” over : $70,000,000 to the war de- partment for rivers and har-. bors work on 90 projects in all parts of the country. It was a lump sum from ithe $3,300,000,000 public works fund, and in addition to the more than $68,000,- 000 already apportioned for flood control and harbor j work for various projects, = The war department said it would announce a specific allot- ment for the 90 projects later: Army engineers said the $70; 000,000 will provide 40,000 men years of work, nexning employs, d Florida St. Johns pra, ocean, straighten nel to segment a inlet. en! dag d [anew gy 32 and The war r ment of 40,000 inen for one year, © i the work of the relief employes yes- terday. | way residence once stood on White | street, the workmen encountered jan old well. in which a colony of thoney bees had constructed a home. When disturbed the tof sweets resented the gatherers and began a counter attack. In a short time the men were literally | covered with the insects and many suffered from their stings. | For several hours afterward, | Arthur Sheppard, in charge of all work projects, was kept busy ap- stings and with words of consola- tion soothing the wounded work- Eventually the bees began to reverse in a box that was secured | for their housing and with the as- is sistance of an experienced bee | keeper the swarm was soon assem- | pes and the workers returned to) their tasks. I Mr. Sheppard told The Citizen intrusion! plying . mereurochrome to the; notice of suspension from my of- fice and a copy of certain j and specifications which he has! Clearing the lot where the Con-| made against me with reference to |'°" Street. the conduct and administration of: id office as Police Justice of Key ; West, Fia., upon which he bases such suspension. | “T understand that these charg-! es and specifications are now on! file with your honorable body, and that they will, in accordance | with the provisions of the city charter, be investigated by you at! your next regular meeting. “If the council should upon in-} vestigation find that’ these charg- ,e@ are worthy of your considera-| tion, and. sufficient, if proven to constitute adequate grounds for my impeachment from office, then and in that event, 1 respectfully request that you grant me a public | hearing .i in order that I may not be +condemned without being heard and to the end that I may vindi jeate myself if powible from the, }odium of these charges. “I contend that these charres are untrue, unfair, unreasonable and unjust. I have not been guilty of any wrongfal or illegal act in ust 31.—Colonel Charles A. Lind-/ the comb, when removed from the| the administration of my office bergh visited the land of his fore-. ¥¢!l, containéd very little “honey) nor of wes oer oe. sulatennane. fathers a few hours when he and/| Mrs, Lindbergh were guests of a Swedish crown prince and prin- sess at their summer residence. They went from Denmark to! | Sweden and returned by ferry. MILTON, N. H—A farmer of this city ree bared for a Soe truck. tly traded a rooster! but weighed about 45 pounds. ‘| Central Meat Market | Charles E Albury, Prop. | nor am I incompetent, nor have I lost the respect of the police force land the respect of the people of [Key West, “If you gentlemen decide to try jme on these charges, kindly notify {me and set a date giving me a rea- Opens Saturday, Sept. 2nd |. |] 805 Fleming Street Phone 20{' WE INVITE YOU TO PAY US A VISIT | i Fresh meats, Chickens (live and] dressed), Freshly killed Veal, Hams, ete. KICKS FATHER’S SHINS LONDON-—Philip Seaton of this city kicked his father’s shins during a chess gare and was sent to jail. } | i | i | street. least, $39. | street. t depression. taste, several Roman, spector Harry Baker. Repairs to roof at 3:30 Mile Owner, Mrs. Péter : Williams; cost, $25, Construction of a bath room at 1212 Duval street. Owner, E. J. Bailey; cost, $50, Build up roof of the Campbell building on Fleming street. Owner, First National Bank; coats | $125. Build wash house at 1018 Olivia Owner, Noel Roberts;; {| 512 Duvat street. Owner, Theo-| semblage on the subject of Inter- |dore Holtsberg; cost, $250. national Rotary, The speaker's Repairs to roof at the corner, was very interesting, ahd was Elizabeth and Olivia streets.'tened to with marked attention Owner, Mrs. Charles Foraberg;| those present et the meeting. €0i 5: Dr. J, A, Valdez, new secretary epairs in general to the build-| of the organization, was —- ings at foot of Duval street.) | him, line of duty, recording Owner, Porter Dock company ;| events and proceedings of = coat $100, gathering. Repairs to roof at 916 Francisi The semion, was presided over Owner, Peacon and Rob-| by Sebastian Cabrera, Jr., presi- erta et, $35. ident of the club, * Repairs to roof 506 Duval! There were « number of guests street. “Owner, S. H. Kress com- in attendance among whom were pany; cost, $260, icuban Consol Berardo R General repairs to 418 Angela’ Dr. R. W_ Hart, Lieot. W. D, Jack- rireet, Owner, John Thompson; son, Captain Hill, Lieut, Riggs, cont, $100. ‘ ‘Lieut, Seuthward, Mrs. Bertha Repairs to residence 1213; Auston Bedell, Arthur and © White street. Owner, C. D. Har- Brown. rington; cost, i |DELIVERS ADDRESS ON IN. TERNATIONAL ROTARY; | NUMBER OF GUESTS AT EN- JOYABLE LUNCHEON Dr. William R. Wi principal speaker at luncheon today, addressing General repairs to building at of * DUBLIN, Aug. 21.—-While the, Thomas-Sally Blane ESCAPADE he | FLYING DEVILS teh oa Cathelie bishops in the seath of, Iretand have forbidden priests in their dioceses to own Some of the prelates also forbade the clergy te play golf,