The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 13, 1933, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service VOLUME LIV. - No. 217. CITY COUNCIL IMPEACHES POLICE JUDGE H. DONGO AT HEARING LAST NIGHT Sustains Socscaana Ac-| TWO ESCAPED tion By Mayor Malone; BANDITS ARE Vote On Roll Call Was REC ‘APTURED Six To One AFTER GUN FIGHT WITH LOUISIANA DEPUTIES CON- VICTS ARE TAKEN; NO ONE INJURED The city council at a spe- ; cial meeting last night im- peached Police Justice Harry i Dongo, sustaining the — of Mayox William H. Ma- lone who suspended the of- ficial from office on charges of malfeasance, misfeasance and general neglect of the duties pertaining to the posi- tion a short time ago. The vote on the question was 6 to 1, Councilman Rob- erts registering the only op- posing vote in the matter. It required a majority of two- thirds of the vote to sustain the mayor's action, which was obtained on roll call. The hearing was conducted with| the council sitting as a governing body, presided over by its presi- dent, Leo Warren, with J. Lance- lot Lester, city attorney handling the city’s end of the case in the prosecution, Attorney Louis A. Harris represented’ the deferidant} during the proceedings, (ty Asxvetated Prewsas MARKSVILLE, Louisiana, Sept. 13.—Two of the 11 convicts who escaped from Angola State Penal (Farmlast Sunday in a bloody riot today were recaptured near here after a gun battle with deputies. Neither convicts nor degyties! were hit in the exchange of} shots Simultaneously, possemen who had traced the fleeing group into |this section by a series of auto thefts and rural store holdups, closed in on Woodland, near here, where others are believed in hid-| fing. } | ‘FOUR WAR SHIPS PUT OUT TO SEA VESSELS HAD BEEN ANCHOR-; ED IN KEY WEST HARBOR Four of the vessels in the har-| ‘The charges as presented by| bor yesterday sailed last night for Mr. Malone were read after which| sea, These were the U. S. De- all the testimony in the case as/stroyers Cole, Bernadou and Du-| prepared by the chief executive, pont. The Ellis, which came in at of the city relative to his ques-| the same time with the others for! tioning Mr. Dongo prior to the fuel oil at the naval station, is‘ suspension was also placed before) still in port, | the council. The other vessel which. left last! Main Charge | night wa¥ the coast guard destroy- The main charge leading up to! er Hunt. All other vessels are! the suspension was that Mr.,| either at the docks or are at) Dongo had failed to have some} #nchorage in the stream. particular warrant served on an A complete list of service ships | offender of the law some time! in port this afternoon follows: U. | back in which John 'T. Thompson’ S- Destroyer Ellis, coast guard de-| was the complaining witness. The ee erey siyenton. Semmes, Wilkes, party or parties in question for| Wainwright, Wood, Upshur and, whom the warrant was intended, Badger and coast guard cutters! were charged with disturbing reli-| Tuscarora and Saukee. gious services that were being conducted at a church house in this city at the time. The complaining witness, Mr. Thompson, was. placed» on the stand, telling hia sto: of the ease, after which jienvenido Perez, police officer, Was then heard, on the “inatter ‘relative to what he, knew of: the case’ in his eapacity as the arresting officer in connection with, the . proceed- ings. PAUL SAWYER | GETS POSITION (My Asnoomted Prensa) TALLAHASSEE, Sept. 13. —Governor Sholtz today ap- pointed Paul Sawyer of Key West as probation officer of Monroe county, succeeding Clement Jaycocks, Sr., whose term expired. \ Attorneys Heard At the conelusion of the test-| mony in the hearing, Mr. Lester; representing the city, made a brief argument outlining the pro- cedure, bringing out the saliant/ Points, after which Mr. Harris,| defending the police justice made} the closing argument, stressing! i the main features pertaining to! AMERY, Wisconsin, Sept. 13.—| the hearing. {A masked, armed bandit quartet} At this juncture roll call of the! today held up an assitant cashier council was in order. with all! of the Union State Bank and fled) members present, and by their with $46,000 worth of cash and (Continued on Page Four) ‘ negotiable securities. Industrial Strife Reported — In Three Different States CASHIER ROBBED BY FOUR BANDITS {My Associated Press) j | | { } (Dy Associated Press) Industrial strife tore several in-] 50 and 60 thousand workers dustries in Pennsylvania, New] the Pennsylvania silk industry. York and New Jersey today A walkout struck a gastronomic- Pennsylvania authorities viewed} al blow at Philadelphia and Cam- with apprehension preparations for} den, New Jersey, when employes} a general bituminous mine “holi-' of Linton’s restaurants were sum- day.” fmonded to strike today. The Ten thousand soft coal. miners union officials said 1.000 worke: in five counties of southwestern) were affected. Demands inc Pennsylvania already have quit) higher wages, shorter hours. their jobs in protest against sign-| Twenty-thousand = silk ing a NRA code. } were still out in New Jersey, The national labor board was) New York strikes spread to 25,000 expected to take immediate sgueal underwear workers in 500 shop to settle strikes involving between! and 3,000 cleaners and dyers. ' | de} dyer | view of the Cuban situation, whieh has resulted —. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1933. ECONOMIC’AND PARTISAN eevececccccccoce CUBA ---Political Volcano ILLS AT BASE OF UNREST IN ISLAND REPUBLIC Cuba again, as in the past, draws anxious American attention to its internal troubles. Sumner Welles (left), bassador to the island republic, represents United States interests in the troubled capital, Hevana, By NOEL THORNTON tly Ansocinted Prenu) American. am- whose horbor is shown here as a The overnight coup d’etat which {ended the brief reign of de Ces- eA) Lnedes,, whom Ambassador .Welles “Of. the| hoped would be the solution to Cuba’s governmental woes, indi Cuba, black opal. | Caribbean, is erupting, for|cates that the answer is not to!leign trade. | ibe so easily gained. the second time within a month, in revolution that has | island of the West Indies are de- smoldering on an/Tived from: a jig-saw melange 0 me \domestic troubles, further con economic and political vol-| plitated by the possibility cano for 13 years. | American intervention, Anxiously watching from The Cuban picture the|separated in’ these north, the United States has held ph: its fleet and marine corps in readi- ; been may be four major Economic: Largely an agra- The troubles of this keystone. of! as a measure of protection to American interests, carried marines vo, (right) for use in any emergen act under the treaty allowing ad and stability in the island. sugar crop has been restricted from 33 to 51 per cent. Other ‘beonomic: ills. igelude the ‘national. \debt, decline of value of ‘invest- ments and the falling off of for- 2. Governmental: Having few natural resources outside of - its agricultural interests, —_ political jand military officers are lucrative rizes and much sought-after. 3. Political: Since the Ma- |chado machine crashed, there has ‘sprung up no single dominating | political party, The population is | divided «into. more: than'a désen | parties, and even some of these The Key West Citisen The. battleship, ordered cy that might cause Wa: Too,-the-United-States is looked to for protection by its 5,000 citizens in Cuba, as well as to safeguard approximately $1,000,- {tries and property on the island. i Junta’s Three Objectives The radical and ‘junta which seized control after the resignation of the de Ces- |pedes cabinet has three main ob- | jectives if it can organize a stable | administration, It demands a completely revolu- ness, while hoping that order and’ T@n nation, Cuba's financial woes: are splitting into right and left| tionary regime, one that will seek have mounted tremendously since a responsible TAY | the. price, of. sugar quickly be restored from the chaos! duct, began a dismaying downhill which followed the overthrow ofjslide in 1920. Further, under the the Machado regime. |terms of the Ghadbourne plan, the government its chief pro-| wing factions. 4. American Influence: Under |the Platt Amendment, the United ‘States has the right of interven- tion to assure a government “ade- TRAMMELL AND PORTER By PAUL MAY Special Washington Correspondent of The Citizen WASHINGTON, Sept. 15.—Senator Trammell and William R. Porter of Key West will confer this of the Roosevelt to urge reopening of the naval station at afternoon with Assistant Secretary Navy Key West, Mr. Porter announced this morning. The Florida men wili take the position that in} in basing of a dozen ships at Key W without proper facilities for caring for them, reopening of the Key West naval base would be a prudent move. The base would be highly valuable as a center for joperations and a distribution and storage point for _|supplies, Porter said. He and Senator Trammell will attempt to con- vince Assistant Secretary Roosevelt of this at their conference, he said. RECOVERS FALSE TEETH MILWAUKE STEALS DEAD CANARY WAUKES . Wis.—The pack nat a thief took off the ‘ a parked automobile false contained nothing but a dead)a lake she y destined for a taxidermy! stomach of s leaught by her husband seat | Opening of the naval. station and getting out voters for the bond election on September 18 | were the two important questions id ssed at the meeting of the Economic League last night. That there is a #ossibility of the naval station being put back on an active basis is the belief of league; members and it was decided to en list the aid of the Florida delega tion in Washington to bring this about Mark Wilcox, congressman from district, | | ' thi | has on ions taken up this matter and a telegram published in the Florida press yesterday showed that he ‘had again urged that the station becanse i to send a com- 2 enate Nava ttee, and ask that he fforts in behalf of t sition and as head of the commit tee on naval affairs recommend it The situation relative to getting out voters for the bond election was discussed at great length Many of those who would vote and heir poll taxes live a ance from the voting and in the case of older women would prove a f they were forced to he prope That there will be a sufficient Economic League Discusses MAKING EFFORT TOWARD || Question Of Opening Naval REOPENING NAVY YARD Station And Bond Election everal occa or Trammell,’ j immediately “economic reconstruc- ‘tion of the political organization of jthe nation.” Lastly, they insist {on purging Cuba of every vestige of Machado influence. |number of automobiles available to carry these voters was assured |and a member of the league was | appointed to look after this and cure the promise of cooperation iby owners who are anxious to see ue earried by an over | whelming Tiajority ithe bond i FEDERAL AID IS | TO BE GIVEN TO 'SIXTY MILLION ORDERED BY PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT MEET EMERGENCIES STORM SECTIONS {My Anwoctnted Prenst WASHINGTON, Federal aid totaling $60,000,000 has been ordered by Roosevelt to from drought, hurricane and gras hoppers. He instructed the emergency re- ree Ser 13. meet emergencies lief director, farm credit bureau and public works board ate in getting aid to stricken areas of Florida, Texas and the Dakotas. i cgoper- quate for the protection of. life, property and individual liberty.” militaristic ; STRICKEN AREAS President For Waeeas oss. ‘SUMNER WELLES TO STAY IN CUBA Uty Assoetated Press) WASHINGTON, Sept. —Reports 1 of busine: ome sections of Cuba and increasing disquiet in other parts of the island led today to an order for Am- bassador Welles to remain at his post indefinitely. 13. | VIEWS IN CASE | OF G. COURSON |ONE DESCRIBES PRISONER | AS KIND-HEARTED, WHILE ANOTHER PICTURES HIM RATHER BLACK i (iy Associated Prens> TALLAHASSEE, Sept. 13.— George Courren, sentenced to 20 | ars for the prison sweatbox ington to death of Arthur Maillefert, was and in maintaining or-| | described before the supreme court today as a man who had kindness jin his heart, and as a man whose {Jaeksonville, justified a. first de- {gree murder conviction rather than manslaughter. | The first description was by C. 000,000 which American business; 4: Averitt, Courson’s counsel, who} interests have invested in indus-, brought the appeal to the supreme court. Attorney General Landis | presented the opposite view. Averitt sought a new trial on |three grounds—admission exhibits at trial, qualification of juror and reasonable doubt of trial evidence. Landis said he had:examined the record and it “is as free from er- rors as any I have ever examined.” The court took the case under consideration. GENERAL JCZNSON | GIVES VIEWS ON _ HENRY FORD CAS RELUCTANT TO USE FORCE UNTIL SUFFICIENT TIME HAS BEEN GIVEN; WILL ACT IF NECESSARY Press) Sept. 13.—Gen- eral Johnson, NRA administrator, said today that if Henry Ford “does not come in, we will act, Ford is under the code,” Johnson said in a@ reply to an inquiry as Ford was a (Dy Assect NEW YORK to whether ealcutrant.” He said he was reluctant to use force at this time against those who violate the code, but said he inclined to give them time before taking action. STORM REPORT D. C., m. wa WASHINGTON, 13.—Adv y 10: disturba: central ab at Sept. Tropieal 26-30 north, moving west * 11 miles per ales and pos- northwestwar of hurricane force hear center. Trop- in extreme went- turned toward and is apparently ver land about 100 of Belize, Britixh Hon- tended by gales over considerable area STRAND THEATER Bing Crosby-Burns and Allen in COLLEGE HUMOR Stuart Erwin-Dorothy Wilson in BEFORE DAWN ean has centered miles ne duras It is a i Matinee: Balcony 10c; Orches-f tra, 15-20c; Night 15-25 ‘deeds, at. Sunbeam Camp, hear re} 63 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West PRICE FIVE CENTS Troublesome Situation In Cuba Causes Americans To Prepare For Emergencies At Cardenas Many Pack Baggage In Readiness To Board U. S. Ship If Necessary «Ry Associated Press) HAVANA, Sept. 13.— Many Americans in Cuba prepared today. for emer- gencies ase they © watched {with growing. concern the new threats ‘of . strikes, . a move to train boys as sol- diers and the.failure of 500 officers to make peace with the new government. A least a score of Amer- icans were under military protection in Cristo after labor troubles at American- | owned manganese mines had | endangered their lives. Across the bay from San- tiago de Cuba, a number of Americans gathered — for \safety after leaving their | homes in the interior of the | Oriente Province because of unsettled labor conditions, At Cardenas, Americans | packed their baggage so they could board a coast guard vessel if violence should result from the unrest among negroes, angered be- cause they were not given help with other storm {tima. { | vic- TO FOLLOW LINE OF STRICT NEUTRALITY WASHINGTON, Sept. . 18,— { Disturbed by increasing threats of | armed conflict between the new | Cuban government and Havana’s besieged army officers, the Roose- velt administration gave notice. it | would follow a line of strict néu- | trality. Although reiterating both pub- {liely and privately the desire to \avoid intervention in Cuba, some | officials were known to feel that }it might be necessary to land | American armed forces should | shots be fired in Havana. The tense conflict of interests |centering around the National ; Hotel, where more than 300 de- {fiant officers of the old Cuban army are barricaded, was deseribed by several observers here as pré- senting dangers analogous to an jopen powder box. A number of Americans reside at the big hotel. Should either {the heavily armed officers inside or members of the army they once commanded decide to open fire, this country’s nationals might well jbe endangered. | Ambassador Welles, who resided there until yesterday, moved out jexplaining that because the em- | ployes had left there was no food | Secretary Hull, determined to loffer no provocation to any one jfaction by siding with another, indicated that the United States lwould pursue a strictly hands-off | policy until Cuba solved “her own | political problems.” NOTICE OF ADVANCE IN MILK PRICES On and after Sept. 15, the retail price of Sweet Milk, Chocolate Milk, and Buttermilk will be ax follows: In Quart Bottles 20 In Pint Bottles 1G. These advances are made due to higher coste of feed and sup- plies, which result in higher conts of production. ADAMS DAIRY By J. ROLAND ADAMS { j i i i] i