The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 18, 1933, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wiré Service VOLUME LIV. No, 221. Ten Persons Known Dead In North Carolina From Heavy Storm Along Coast Death Toll In Mexico From MILK PI PRODUCERS Another Hurricane Was Placed At Forty-Five; Soldiers Search Ruins (ity Asnocintea Press) The hurricane ran away mad from the ‘tropics and sent © gales “raging toward Maine's coast’ today’ ‘after wreaking death and ‘destruc- (>> tion on other parts of the _ Atlantic seaboard. Ten persons were known’ to be dead in North Caro- lina where the storm struck its most vicious blow. ; i say Six persons were missing there, with property dam- age placed above $3,000,- 000. In Mexico soldiers search- ed ruins for additional vic- tims of another hurricane that struck in the vicinity of Tampico and San Luis Po- tosi. The number of dead in those two cities was set at 45 with nearly 150, injured, | code. “and”6,000 homeless. LOSS OF LIFE AND DAMAGE MOUNTS NEWBERN, North ; Carolina, Sept. 18.—Casualty list in the “hurricane which swept the Notth Carolina coast Friday and Satur- day, went to 14 today as addition- al reports came in, Property dam- age is steadily mounting toward $8,000,000. A terse message from a patrol boat at Morehead City to the coast CALL OFF STRIKE IN MIDWEST AREA | wiTHDRAw PICKETS IN CHI- CAGO SHED ALLOWING SHIPMENTS TO PROCEED UNMOLESTED‘ (hy Associated Preany The midwestern milk producers called off their strike today: in favor of a tactical change but in! the east and in Pennsylvania’s coal fields, striking workers add- ed new notes to the restlessness in the industrial scene. As a “change of tactics,” strike leaders withdrew pickets in the Chicago milk shed and allowed shipments to proceed unmolested while they sought to achieve a price of $2.50 per hundredweight by selling to dairies not affiliated with the pure milk association. A note of conciliation encourag- ed miners in Pennsylvania coal fields. The president of the H. C. Coke Company, traditional union foe, intimated it might recede from the non-union stand and subscribe to the bituminous code. The mines remained closed however, and some 30,000 miners ‘continued their holiday in protest against the delay in signing the BARLEY SAYS HALF BILLION IS SAVED DAY-TO-DAY SPENDING 1S CAUSE OF STUPENDOUS SAVINGS TO TAXPAYERS (My Associated Press) NEW YORK, Sept. 18.—Post- master General Farley said today ‘| quest of the new and picturesque! guard here, said four members of|that the day-to-day power of the one family were drowned when supervision of governmental spend- the schooner Dale, of Sea Level,| ing, given to the director of bud- wrec! get by President Roosevelt, has re- talc _— sulted in saving of “almost $500,- Several settlements are still! 999.000 to seupetserscines duly isolated and no word is expected) first in comparison with the same before tonight. period a year ago. Doesn't Know His Own Name But ‘Wife’ Says He’s Robber’ Will the relatives or friends of Jimmy Riddell, Redeil or Randal communicate with the Cottage Hospital, Elston? This man was found uncon- scious and is believed to be a survivor of the wrecked coas- tal steamer Alice Arden. He appears to be suffering from loss of memory. the atithorities made their appeal. She was left alone with the un- conscious man a few minutes, heard. his. garbled = mumblings, promptly claimed him as her hus-j band, Jimmy Riddell, and took| him home. Five minutes later, Caroline Leigh appeared at the hospita’ hoping to find the unconsciou: man was Jim Randal, a distant! cousin. Deeply disappointed at Tt was this most ordinary mes- sage—frequently in the personal columns and police news—that started the strange train of events; in “Outrageous Fortune,” the new serial by Patricia Wentworth, starting in today’s issue of The Cithken, | The apparent victim of a aged | accident was brought to the hos-! pital, unconscious but not badly! Caroline. hurt, obviously in a deep coma} That information but mumbling incoherently offline Leigh’s mind emeralds, murder, plotting and anjanother direction. indistinet name that led him to be; ten her cousin recently, tagged as Jimmy “Riddell, Redellj the letter “Caroline.” or Randal.” The only clue to his;be coincidence, she de: identity was the laundry mark “J.; it would bear investigatic R.” in a shirt. Caroline then started to pick Nesta Riddell appeared at the|up the elusive trail of the Rid- hospital almost immediately after! dells, not knowing who they might - ibe or where they had gone. It! | SANRRRROREDSE REELS carried her into a strange svries §-P-E-C-1-A-L secovery every girl some day hopes | SUNDAE to make. Phone 177 Free Delivery) day's issue of The Citizen DEERME ready had left with Nesta Riddell, his wife, Caroline turned to de part when the head nurse men- tioned a significant fact: tern from the bottom of a let- ter had been found in the man’s pocket. On it was ene word—a signature—— sent Caro- working signed It might 4 of adventures, a nightmare ALL THIS WEEK 1 The first chapter of }Suspense and directly to the dis- PINEAPPLE GARDNER’S PHARMACY raccous Fortune™ appears learning the shipwreck victim al-} She had writ-/ but! of; Ccccccccccccovece (iy Associated Pres WASHINGTON, Sept. Proponents of the Pacific-Yukon highway, the proposed 2,000 mile road linking Alaska and the Unit-| ed States, are pressing for gov-| ernment approval of the project} jthat would make more aerate | jone of America’s “last frontiers.” Anthony J. Diamond, delegate | to congress from Alaska, has ask- | ed the public works administration | for an allotment of $2,000,000 to’ finance the Alaskapy ‘section of | {the highway. Dimond is also seeking President Roosevelt’s ap-! proval of the project, which has| been recommended as feasible by! the United States commissioners’ : appointed to cooperate with Cana-| |dian | representatives in studying, the plan. Advocates of the highway say; ‘it would open to motorists a new} \scenie wonderland, to farm set-! tlers rich acres in areas hitherto| inaccessible and to miners an op-, portunity to develop one of the; richest mineral storehouses on the| North American continent. The American members of the; commission report that the advan-| tages to be derived from a high- way extending from Seattle to} Fairbanks “are obviously more than commensurate with the cost.” They also say it would foster) air commerce with Alaska by fur-' nishing a guiding landmark and! by providing service to aviators along the most practicable flying route to the interior of the terri-! jtory and to Asia, Thousands of i | motorists in| in touring territory would travel; the Alaskan road every year, it} is believed, Surveys.place the highway to|-_ the east of the coast mountain range, where climatic conditions! are such that snowfall is compara-i tively light, and if traffic justified the highway could be kept open the year round, The estimated cost of construc- ting the Canadian section of the, highway is $11,990,000, while that| H only $1,970, 000." CLEVELAND NILES ENTERS RACE FOR CHIEF OF POLICE MAKES FORMAL ANNOUNCE- MENT IN THE CITIZEN TO-' DAY; HAS MUCH EXPERI- ENCE IN POLICE MATTERS| | ! i In today’s issue of The Citizen) appears the formal announcement ; of Cleveland Miles, former sheriff jof Monroe County, who is aspiring to the office of Chief of Police} of the city of Key West, to be "|voted on the coming election to tbe held Tuesday, November 14. Mr. Niles for a number of | years was jcity patrolman, also jserving as sergeant of police at one time, as well as having served s chief of police, besides other | feonnections with the city police | department. He served as deputy sheriff un-! jder the late Roland Curry after vhich he was elected and served as sheriff for six@ and a half years, Mr. Niles is well-known to the | people of Key West, having a wide {acquaintance with the residents of this city, numbering friends on every hand. He states that through his long \experie ence in the offices mention- coupled with the fact that likps the work pertaining! thereto, he feels that he can faith fully and efficiently fill the duties of the position to which he as- pires with satisfaction to all con- cerned, { His numerous friends and fol-| lowers predict for him a victory at the poll on election d { } “FRESH OYST! ERS Extra Select. CHESAPEAKE BAY—Served Any Style or Delivered WELL’S LUNCH ROOM 900 Seuthard St. Phone 207-W (CITIZEN STORY The Kev West Citsen ——. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, U. S.-Alaska Road Stretching 2,000 Miles Urged To Open Up New Scenic Wonderland! If the United States government approves the project and funds are obtained, a 2,000 mile road eventually will link Alaska and the United States. The highway has been recommended by a commis- jion of Americans and Canadians, and funds for the Alaskan part of it are being sought from the public works administralion. Map shows the route from Seattle to Fairbanks, and below is the scenic- Fraser River Canyon road between Hove and Lytton, B: umbia, which would be incorporated. - REPEAL FORCES — ONTRAMMELLIS | FILE FULL LIST FOUND CORRECT’ ON SHIP AND WAS PRESENT { AT CAPITAL WITH MR. POR-, TER ON STATION MATTER TOMORROW FOR CONVENTION of the Alaska section is figured.at! seNATOR FAILED TO LEAVE “ONLY ONE DRY CANDIDATE IS QUALIFIED; DATE FOR} | QUALIFICATION CLOSES) 1933. ‘SEN. FLETCHER SHIP BLAKELEY "SLIGHTLY HURT | NOT TOTAL LOSS; | CREW WAS SAVED 4 IN COLLISION’ (HIS AUTOMOBILE AND DE-| INFORMATION RECEIVED AT| LOCAL CUSTOM HOUSE FROM U. S. CONSUL GEN- ERAL IN HAVANA | LIVERY TRUCK COME TO-; GETHER IN DOWNTOWN! SECTION OF WASHINGTON; (Speeial to The Citizen) WASHINGTON, | Sept. | Senator Fletcher was slightly in- The four masted schooner 18.—| Blakeley was not a total loss, a cording to advices ee at th ; ‘eustom house from F. . Du- jjured today in a collision between! a ,vana, Cuba, “ The Blakeley sailed from Key ; West August 26 and was caught) ‘in the storm that raged off the Cuban coast August 31 and Sep- Sof the senate banking committee | tember 1. Felman MeMillan, member the crew arrived in Key some several days later and told a har- {rowing tale of how he is wreck. led and later washed as |small island and later taken to Havana where he was furnished | ob cseiteli oa Oe okey acini by | passage t to Key West by the con- sul general. this automobile and a y truck in the downtown section. The aged senator and chairman was slightly cut on the forehead: and hands and body bruit: The senator was on the way to received |the family chauffeur, Harrison i C. Jackson, negro. The collision! the seat against the window post of | the car. jcustoms officers in which he said, lhe believed that. the ship and all; ; on’ board had been lost in the hurricane. { The consul general writes the! {vessel was wrecked 20 miles west of Isabella de Sagua and Captain Diaz and five members of the crew are at work salvaging the jcargo and valuable parts of the} vessel. As the crew consisted of but threw the senator off rear He was removed to his home in Their phy-| sician said he would be out in a i WILL GO INTO EFFECT ~ ELECTORS VOTE NEAR FUTURE, IT IS t shown ON BOND ISSUE The fair trade code recently! adopted by local grocerymen sev-| EXPECT 75 PERCENT ON LIST WILL HAVE VOTED WHEN a rescue ambulance. it would seem that nobody was lost. Jackson Pierce, of Key West, is a member of the ship’s | company. eral weeks ago and sent to the} mont, U. S. consul cecil in Ha-! of; West} | ore on a} Later he made a statement to} seven men, including the captain, | ; who were misinforme | tor Trammell, who is chairman of lof Flogida which iat fand was i} NRA national headquarters, has’ | been accepted and will go into} effect in the near future, accord- Florida repeal forces today filed ing to Ellis C. Archer, secretary with Secretary of State Gray a|of the Key West Grocers Associa- full list of 67 candidates for the) tion. Not only was the local code ac- repeal convention election to be! j cepted in its entirety, but the’ held October 10, local organganization has been! Only one dry has qualified, but! complimented on it and NRA au- the secretary’s office said W. K.; thorities state in their letter to} Whitfield, Orlando leader of dry| Mr. Archer that it, will be, used) | je fo forces, has sent a notification! '", ™@Xin& UP & —— {that his organization will file “| country. complete list. Time for qualifying expires to-} "| morrow, (ity Associnted Press) In The Citizen of last Thursday! 74) "A WASSER, Sept, 18.—| appeared an article relative to a’ conference held with navy depart- ment officials by Senator mell and William R. Porter, Key West, relative to opening the naval station at Key West. Tram- of Later it was stated by persons that Sena- |the naval jaffairs, was on the army trans- senate committee on ‘COLORED MAN GETS HEARING _ RICHARD FARREL CHARGED WITH ASSAULT AND BATTERY | port Henderson with other mem- and there fore could not attend the ence. As a matter of fact Senator Trammell did intend ling on the Henderson but at the time the ship sailed, bers of the committee, confer- ‘GAME, FISH LAWS | TO BE ENFORC CONSERVATION COMMISSION. ER DENIES RUMOR OF ABANDONMENT ciated Press des ' patches sh the senator wa taining) hurricane for ferers in the storm damaged area prevented his} taking passage on the transport. | When these matters had been attended to the senator returned to Washington enabling Mr. Por ter to join with him in placing the matter . Ww, ob. re suf | | Richard Farrel, colored, was larraigned in the court of Rogelio | Gomez, justice of the peace this | morning, on a charge of assault and battery with intent to kill. Farrel was specifically charged before t | with stabbing a woman with an lice pick, the weapon entering the rvation commissioner, wants the|woman’s head and afterward try to know that Florida has ing to stab her in the throat. abandoned enforcement of its After the evidence wax heard | Justice Gomez decided it was suf game and fish laws. \Ficient to hold the prisoner for Corrente. davergernisllige said.| trial at the next term of criminal We about enforce-; court t of the laws on a more inten-| He was remanded to the county! seale this year than before.”) igi in default of bond of $200 Davis said he had recelved in- ries from mgny parts of the saying reports were current work of the state fresh! water and game department, the shell fish commission, and the} geological survey had been discon- tinued. “The last legislature.” Davis! explained, “c@rsolidated these} three departments into one. mak-! ing them the conservation com- The work of each ® and will ad (By Aneoet TALLAHASS George W. Press) Fia., Davis, ning the r Sept. diss apes state con- WAS STUDENT KILLED IN! AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT LAST WEEK MEANEST THIEF YET TO BE FOUND Ry Assartated Presa) PENSACOLA, Fia., Sept. 18.—Meanest thief! Two Catholic Sisters were eogesed in distributing groceries end supplies to poor families. While they were in as house, some thief stole their automobile. @ e that the The body of Mario Jose Araque Perez arrived on the Havana Special this morning and will be sent te the morrow Florida. The y a & ission. an going | forward, automobile accident itinue.” i POLLS CLOSE Monroe county is today voting on the bond election and the re- | sults will decide an issue of $12,500,000 will be authorized to enable the Monroe County Road and Toll Bridge commission to ask a loan fronr the it government. Enthusiasts have been busy oil {to and from the polls, and indi-| cations are that before they close at sundown this evéning, more | than 75 percent of the qualified} } list will have voted. A canvass of the polling places! shortly after the noon hour gave the followings results Qualified Elector Votes Precinct a6! 153 5 92 6. 205 At taken hour many mo th time this remained o count was fiv ver re and this is being done. JEAN HARLOW MARRIES AGAIN (My Aesociated Prenes Yuma, Arizona, Jean Harlow, blonde tress and widow of the late Pau! Bern, was married at 4:20 A. M here today to Harold Rosson, Hol lywood cameraman They came here by plane from Los Angeles and obtained the li- jeense at 4 A. M SMASHES POLE SALT LAKE that impulse,” Christensen of this rested for smashing barber pole, which had him. Sept. 18.~ creen CITY --“Curb revolving whether or not; 147} in which to get out a great! ssid police to D. C.} city when ar-| annoyed, i For 53 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West PRICE FIVE CENTS 'Cuba’s ‘President Sees Early Solution To Political Crisis |Head Of ~ Republic In- dicates He Might Sur- render Office; Looks For Developments Today (iy Associated Press) HAVANA, Sept. 18.— Provisional President Ramon ;Grau San Martin predicted today that a solution to | Cuba’s political crisis will be ‘reached before the day is over, and indicated he might surrender the presidency. Receiving, the foreign tpress, San Martin appeared |fatigued, but smiling, de- ‘clared that “the person who occupies the government is junimportant; fulfillment of the revolutionary program is \the principal thing.” His prediction of the {solution of the crisis came as labor troubles were increas- ing and as Americans ‘throughout the island were described as “nervous” der the threat strikes, un- of new WAR VETS HUNT” PROMISED JOBS | AT FORD WORKS \aam STREETS AND HALT PE- | DESTRIANS AS THEY BEGIN REGISTERING AT DETROIT TODAY (Hy Associated Press) DETROIT, Sept. 18.—Jamming streets and halting pedestrian and street traffic over several blocks in the downtown section of De- troit, a throng of unemployed war veterans, estimated by police to jnumber 5,000, today began regis- | tering a3 applicants for 5,000 job: fa ap te veterans by the Ford | Motor Contpany. Rex Humphrey, commander of j retail grocerymen throughout the|day in, cars carrying freeholders| the Wayne Copnty Legion, snd | staff, planned to interview 800 | daily and 300 will be hired daily, the said. | All veterans must live in Wayne jeounty. The Motor Company has not discussed the details of the plan or the reason for the unustal | method of employment, 5. SHIPS IN V HARBOR U. 3. DESTROYER BERNADOU ARRIVES FROM CUBAN COAST There have been few changes jin the U. S. vessels in the har- ‘bor since Saturday, it was learn ed this morning, as there he jbeen no emergency orders rec led to send the ships out of the i harbor. The U. 8S. Destroyer Bernadou arrived from the Cuban coast yes terday and the U. S. Destroyer Ellis, which arrived the carly part of last week, sailed. The Tuscarora, which was or- dered out last week, returned [reeenyy { STRAND THEATER Spencer Tracy-Pay Wray in SHANGHA! MADNESS Marlene Dietrich in SONGS SONG OF + Orches- pom moog Sy