The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 7, 1933, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service VOLUME LIV. No. 212. Survey Made By Red Cross | Over Texas Storm Section: Reveals Enormous Damage, Twenty-Four Known Dead, Hundreds Injured And) SUFFERERS ALONG Thousands Are Render- ed Homeless (iy Associated Wrenn) HARLINGEN, Tex., Sept. 7.—Army~ambulance de- tachments today began a Systematic search through the hitherto inaccessible sec- tions where the hurricane devastated Lower Rio Grande Valley for’ injured refugees. It was considered likely that additional fatalities would be discovered in re- mote communities unheard from since the disastrous storm abated. >’ A preliminary survey by the Red Cross covering a pavt of the stricken area linked by paved’ highways, accounted for 24 deaths and hundreds of’ persons jured, There are 3,750 families destitute, 4,000 homes _ ~ stroyed ‘anid 8,000 damaged. The storm denuded a citrus crop valued at $6,000,- 000 and leveled cotton over a fertile valley. Foodstuffs, blankets and other emergency — supplies were being distributed to refugees, in- RELIEF GIVEN TO STORM SUFFERERS JACKSONVILLE, Sept. 7,— State, federal and American Red Cross workers continued their task of giving immediate relief to storm-stricken Florida communi- ties and beginning plans for per- manent rehabilitation for each in- dividual sufferer, Red Cross records placed the} number of families needing relief i at 2,925, while unofficial reports made by state officials of Tal- Tahassee increased this figure by nearly half, While relief and repair needs in OfPrinceAndHis Com be Rep West Citsen pel KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1933. Turbulent Situation ‘In Cuba - moner Wife Royal Kisses Seal Economic Fate o- (iy Associated Press) KREUZBURG, Upper Silesia, September 7.—A kiss sealed the economic fate of the newly. wed |Prince Wilhelm of Prussia, heir | presumptive to the German throne. Today he and his commoner wife! jenjoy the smiles of the rest of the family. “Life is getting to be nicer ev- jery day,” wrote his wife, the for- COAST NOW ASKED = KEY WEST RED CROSS cHapP.| Count Hans Juergen von Blumen-! ‘thal, who was best man at the TER RECEIVES TELEGRAM wedding. IN APPEAL MADE FROM Five rooms in a Jarge: Kreuz} EAST COAST SECTIONS HELP FOR STO | burg villa belonging to.a retired| | Silisian capitalist are the princely | couple’s present home. They might; | have claimed: the’ spacious if old- The Key West Red Cross chap- fashioned manor on Sternalitz es- tate, some 10 miles.away, where a ae i me eles eas | Prince Wilhelm works every day gram asking for relief to be given’ as a farmer, but that would have the storm sufferers on the East’ meant ousting the superintendent j who has grown gray in the ser- i vice. { Coast. The appeal is signed by DeWitt Smith, manager of the Eastern! “Anything will do for me, pro- Area of the Red Cross and is as| vided I don’t have to go out into follows: {the yard and hold my head under a pump for my daily morning : Penne bee cndariaxen re" toilet,” Mrs. Hohenzollern told her lief work on behalf of sufferers in | husband as they started out house the Florida hurricane. At least hunting. 1,000 families in Martin, Palm’ ‘Their wedded bliss is increased Beach and Santa Lucie counties by the fact that contrary to fon- have lost all or a great part of dest expectations Crown Prince og Possessions including homes Frederick Wilhelm and sate and crops. |Princess Cecilie have taken them to ’ “No reports from the interior tne family bosoms aed move foreie | ens revel fami have been received but this figure: on them for having married in de-| “a zg will doubtless be increased. Aj fiance of Hohenzollern house large relief fund is, therefore, jaws, As a result their economic! necessary in order to meet the future is assured. H needs on a minimum basis. | u | om Bonn, the scene of their! “Please give wide publicity apd 5 3 riage, the couple went for a! immediately a local cam-| honeymoon to Norderney, the cel-| ‘or funds, assuring the pub- n a ebrated North Sea spa. Stopping that all funds-given will be! at the Mecklenburg estate | of spent in Florida for relief exclu-’ Count Blumenthal, they talked Those who are freeholders and ; would learn the facts regarding the bond election to be held in {Monroe county September 18, will be given some valuable informa- tion if they will attend the band} concert and speaking in Bayview Park tomorrow night. If you are interested in the; future of the city and county, if! t | sively. : __ over possibilities and ‘incidents! “Every chapter in the state is that might result when they ap-| being asked to make the fund cam-' peared in Oels castle, near Bres-! paign and contributions should be} lau, where Wilhelm was to intro-! remitted to national headquarters | duce his wife to his parents. semi-weekly.” With some fear and trepidation, SEEK PLAN FOR | Dorothea afterwardsieonfided, she! ; j unpacked her trtink in the room to; which the young couple were ush- STABILIZATION jered, and wondered just how the} first meeting would be, when in} FRUIT MARKET": the Crown Princess, threw your minds and hearts are gen-| her arms about her, kissed her tered in the betterment of condi-| lossy ee 7 call her tions in Key West, go out and/ | mother. at broke the ice. hear the speakers tomorrow night. | CONFERENCE BY REPRESEN-! As uae ae aeperea All of the questions that are} iiation, Cecilie handed her as a be- i inds 5 e folk TATIVES FROM SEVERAL! inted wedding gift the costly jew-lIn Key” West will be clearsd up| SECTIONS CONDUCTED dy) ols hoee ee we, ao explained by such interesting | j Sy the former Aiaser Wilhelm and forceful speakers as Mayor! WASHINGTON | and the late Kaiserin Auguste Vic-' Wm, H. Melane Dr. William R. H — slg she bere — first son, | Warren, Tax Collector Frank H. ilhelm, now the husband of Dor-' Ladd and Ben Hart. (My Ansvcinted Press) | othea. , | “The time is growing short, it is WASHINGTON, Sept. 7.--A| The crown prince, entering ‘a’ shown, before the registration | stabilization plan for orange and few, minutes later, also embraced‘ books will. close and the limit for} grapefruit marketing was sought ;the young daughter-jmlaw Poatice payment of poll taxes is fixed at a conference by representatives tionately, told her that everything Decrteiber 12, next Tuesday. | from Florida, Texas, Arizona and was OK and that she should no} In that brief space of time; {California here today. | longer worry about the silly/house' much has to be accomplished. A C. O, Miles, of Texas, repre- | law. j lot of problems have to be solv But They’re Happy They’re happy and they enjoy the smiles of the rest of Ger- Prince Wilhelm, heir presumpti commoner wife, the former Dorot! i, met the prince’s family with trepidation but they were un- expectedly received with smiles end paternal kisses. Bond Election Rally Set For Tomorrow Night Bayview Park ‘Still Remains - County Board Accepts 1933 ~ Budget At Regular Meeting By HERBERT PLUMMER (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Sept. The proposed twentieth amend-; ment to the constitution—that which would ban child labor in in- dustry—may occupy a niche of its own in constitutional histry. Back in the sixty-eighth con- gress in 1924, the joint resolution proposing such an amendment was to the Ger- von Sal- The tentative budget for se CHILD LABOR NOW jyear 1933 as published in The} _. | Citizen on August 23 was, with <: | one or two minor changes, formal- AMONG PROBLEMS q jly accepted by the board of coun-} : | ty commissioners ‘in regular meet- F ACING COUNTRY! ing last night. Tax Assessor J. Otto Kirch-! jheiner told the board the valua- } | tion placed on the property in the} PROPOSAL TO BAN THIS NA-} { ‘ "5 ; Couengend-recorded inthe book 8)... upe OF: OPERATIONS IS | lage for the county will be CONSIDERED ONE or»ouT.| j@pproximately 90 mills. The state’s jimillage is expected to be about) STANDING IMPORTANCE six mills which is about the same as of last year, when the total millage for state and county was 96 7-8 mills. A communication from F. B, Emerson, owner of a moving pic- ture and projection apparatus, of- fered to give a series of views of | Key West and the Florida Keys| at the Chicago exposition for $175 monthly. The value of this advertising medium was recognized by the board but it was decided that the offer could not be accepted be- cause of lack of funds for this|Passed by congress. The house class of advertising. jacted first. On April 26 of that W. W. Demeritt, superintendent | year by a vote of 297 to 69 it gave | of lighthouses, called attention, by] its approval for submission. Less letter, to the law which provides|than two months later—on June that the dove hunting season may|2—the senate fell into line by a be declared open from September | 61 to 23 vote. 16 to November, if the commision-} It then went to the states for .ers so desire... é Y ratification. a Clerk Sawyer was instructed to Only six states approved the make the necessary request from| proposed amendment up until the Tallahassee for permission to de-| time the new administration came elare the dove season in force ac-|into being at Washington. They cording to the dates prescribed. were Arizona, Arkansas, Californ- Report of the county judge of | ia, Colorado, Montan: nd Wis- occupational licenses issued for | consin. the month of August was read and The legislatures of 26 states had approved. | voted disapproval. They were Con- Sheriff K. 0. Thompson's report| necticut, Delaware, Florida, Geor- of fines and costs collected during | gia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, August showed $13.95. | Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Mary- Clerk’s report of tax redemp-jland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, tions during August showed a| Missouri, New Hampshire, North total of $211.99, | Carolina, North Dakota, Penhsyl- Tax Collector Frank H. Ladd| va! South Carolina, South Da- showed in his report for the|kota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, month of August deposits of $1,-| Vermont and Virginia. 774.85. Looked Like Failure All members of the board were! since it requires three-fourths present except Wm. R. Porter whol of the states to ratify an amend-; is in New York on business. Also| ment to the constitution before it! present were J. Otto Kirchheiner.| pecomes operative, the twentieth! tax assessor; Clements Jaycocks, x m amendment appeared doomed. | chief deputy sheriff; Homer Her-| However, the framers of the rick, county engineer; ! ; Eugene! amendment placed no time limit Demeritt, ferry manager 4 r and @/ for ratification in their draft. The number of interested citizens. ! <9 called “lame duck” amendment, SPECULATE OVER FORD'S POSITION IN CODE MATTER BELIEF 1S SOME KIND OF AGREEMENT HAS BEEN EF- FECTED RELATIVE TO HIS PART IN NRA | (My Associated Press) DETROIT, Sept. 7.—Ab- sence of any outward con- cern among Ford Motor com- pany officials over the NRA to the growing belief that \ | for examph {within seven years from the date| | of submission or else it would have ‘been dead. The same holds true! st amendment} ral) now being} controversy is adding strength some kind of an agreement is with the twenty. to (prohibition re expected bring Henry |dianapolia to Have For 53 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West PRICE FIVE CENTS Rather Tense \Near-By Waters Bristle With United States War Ships Ready For Emer- gency (ity Assootated Press) HAVANA, Sept. 7.— Cuba’s turbulent situation had reached an’ impasse to- day for which no one saw any but a bloody solution. Leftist administration con-_ tinued on the surface to be optimistic that their coup of Tuesday would be successful, and declared order would be maintained, and that there would be no American inter- vention. : But all sections in the more conservative opposition camps saw ‘intervention an accomplished fact unless there was an abrupt change in the tense situation. Among these latter fac- tions were members of the ABC, followers. of former President Menocal,: and a considerable part of anoth- er important revolutionary fears of a counter-révolution were expressed. Already Cuban waters bristled with American war- ships, with Navy Secretary Swanson speeding aboard the swift hew cruiser In- Marines are ted and equipped as an ex- Peditionary force at Quan- tico, Virginia, TEACHERS WILL MEET SATURDAY AT HIGH SCHOOL PROFESSOR O’BRYANT MAKES ANNOUNCEMENT OF PRO- POSED SESSION PREPARA. MEETS TODAY. voted on by th TORY TO REOPENING A Significant Omission middle, central and east coast! senting the Rio Grande citrus ex-| jand the accomplishments desired | various states, cities, first sufferers, continued to! change, said the principal purpose , jand the problems to be cleared mount, new reports told of want! of the meeting was to consider any up will be explained in detail by! and loss in communities hitherto! protest against plans already the speakers tomorrow night. not included in the list of suffer-| drawn for the various states, The Municipal Band of Key; banal ; Merto L. Corkey represented TO RECEIVE PAY = will play a concert before Palm City, Indiantown, Kissim-)Piorida and Milles appeared for ‘the orationscare made, beginning mee and Nichols were among those | ‘Texas. { at 8 o'clock. Promptly at 9 in the latest report. Bruce McDaniel of Redland | MORE THAN SEVEN HUNDRED (o'clock the first speerh of the ev spoke for California, Arizona and WILL SHARE IN EXPENDI. | "ing wiil be delivercd and it i TURES FOR PROJECTS Ford under the Blue Eagle. : Professor Horace O’Bryant, of | The absence of this time limit'the Key West high schol,” htl- |clause may cause the proposed | nounced today that a meeting of jehild labor amendment to become ithe Junior-Senior teachers” and ja part of the Constitution, [faculty will be held in the school Since the advent of the NRA building 2:30 o'clock Saturday aft- | The only matter aside from and the blue eagle on the national jernoon, the regular routine of business at| scene, there's been a decided piek-} ‘This gathering is being held to jthe Rotary luncheon today, wasup in ratification of this amend-}make preparations for the open- | the reading of as address delivered | Nine state legislatures since! ing of the institutions Monday jby one of the past presidents of March 4 have forwarded to the) morning, and to take up « number | the organization at the recent/state department at Washington ; 4¢ matters pertaining to the cur- session of the International Ro-! notification of the fact that they) yieytum tary meeting held in Boston |have approved the amendment. } It is also stated that pupils who This was read by Sebastian Ca-| Two of the states that havelpave been studying in summer brera, Jr., president of the local | ratified since March 4 previously! hoof to make up time and studies lorganization, who was a delegate | had voted against the amendment. | tose will be be required to register to the international convention. |On M The regular program of singing | fied There was, however, no hint {CABRERA READS ADDRESS DELIVERED AT INTERNA. TIONAL CONVENTION of a formal announcement of i | policy, and no certainty one would be forthcoming when Rex returns from a Huron Sthess mountain camp, probably the }a national plan generally. D. C. ithe interests of all, whether RECOMMEND T wo | Gillett of Tampa has been recom- jr not able to vote in the election FOR APPOINTMENT nu: by Senator Fletcher for | September 18, for the bond issue,| Florida for the post of national! ‘to be present. coordinator. | More than 700. employes of the! ees Miles said that Texas planned Emergency Relief Council will be P. SAWYER AND W. KEMP ap.|° offer no candidate, but Me- paid off tomorrow morning in the PLICANTS FOR PROBA. TION OFFICER last of the week. ment. Edsel Ford, president of the company, is already back CRIMINAL COURT TO MEET MONDAY j | from his vacation, but his re- | { turn did nothing to clarify {Daniel said California would have ' city hall. The amount to be dis- bursed is” $1,744.80, | | candidates, Each state is to have Most of the men to receive pay! | the situation. 24 New Hampshire noti-| either Friday or Saturdey for an i Washington that it had) eyanmination that will probably be ja control board and three will be Paul Sawyer and William A. Kemp, are to be recommended to the governor for appointment to the position of probation officer now being held by Chief Deputy Clements Jaycocks. This was decided last night at the meeting of the board of cow! ty commissioners when the app! cations were presented. Mr. Thompson stated that both of the applicants were of good character, would ably fill the position and be felt that to discriminate would be unjust. It was therefore decided to re- commend both of the applicants and let the governor make his se- lection, |& national committee. | Puerto Rico, although unrepre- sented at the conference, is | pected to be included in the na- j tional plan. |. Miles said the destruction of fruit to the lower Rie Grande Valley by the hurricane probably }would have no material effect on the stabilization plan although it ‘might make proration unnecessary = Texas. | ex- RETURNS CHANGE CARTHAGE, Mo.—The Carter Miller Clothing Company city recently received $1 from a young woman, who said that seven years ago a clerk gave her that amount over in change made for .® purchase in the store. of this temorrow were employed outside! of the regular quotas, because of the necessity of cleaning up the debris, principally from trees and! shrubs following the stormy] weather last Friday. | STEAMER AGROUND OFF CUBAN COAST The steamship Rotterdam is re ported aground near Sagua la Grande, off the northern coast of Cuba. The vessel's position given as 23 north and 80 west. The information was received by Charles Taylor, manager of the Porter Deck company, is | lis that of Dep EXPECTED SESSION WILL RUN THOUGH EN. TIRE WEEK The September term of crim- inal court will convene Monday, with Judge J. Vining Harris pre- siding. It is expected that the session! will last during the entire week as there are several important cases to be called for trial, it is said One of the most, important cases Sheriff C. 0. Garrett, at Rock Harbor, against mersbers of the Felten family and others. i passengers. The ship will sail 10/ (day which was fairly weil attend jed. FERRY PALMA ' RETURNS HERE py ANNING TRIP TO SOUTH PO (Ry Asnoctatea Press) WASHINGTON, Sept. 7. —Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd, retired, announced the White House he sail from Boston September 25, for another expedition to the South Pole. The ferry Palma arrived 6:30! lock yesterday afternoon from Cuba with one carload of avo- cados, 137 sacks of mail and two o'e o'clock tonight for Havana with mail and freight. } Freighter Comal of the Clyde- Mallory line is due this evening from New Orleans enroute to Mi Jacksonville. Freighter dina, of the same line is due to- row evening from Galveston, ) enroute to Charleston and New York t ami and M | was carried out at the meeting to-: changed ita mind. And on August , North Dakota announced that, it had done an about face Fifteen state: fied. In t had pre-| u proval, they are Ilinois, North Dakota, Okla-) homa, Oregon Jersey, Ohio, | |New Hampshire, Washington and; | Michigan ; | The child labor clause in the | various industrial codes is given jthe credit. have | addition j vi New j SHOES, SIZE 22 | JEFFERSON CITY, Mo—Chief} lattraction of the state museum ip} city ic a pair of shoes, size ce worn by Miss Elia Ewing,| la native Mimourian who died sev-l eval years ago. i held Monday afternoon. Thit examinstion, Professor O’ Bryant states, will be necessary before the students affected will be allowed to take up their regular studies. ABLE TO STAND BREAKS CHICA! Henderson of this city bas broken the same leg seven times, byt it is a wooden one |, STRAND THEATER All, Star Cost in GRIEF STREET MAE WEST in SHE DONE HIM WRONG Matinee: 106; Orches- tra, 15-2005 18-286