The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 28, 1933, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service VOLUME LIV. No. 230. “Vity tions: In West To Get Under Way In Near Future Proposed Projects Autho.'STORY RELATIVE ized By Public Works| Administration In Pro- gram Outlined By PAUL MAY Special Washington Correspondent. of The Citizen WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept, 28.) Li, jouse. work autsorized b; the Public Works Administration for the Florida Keys, in the:vicin«, ity of Key West,. will get under. way next month, it was said to-| day at the lighthouse bureau of ‘the department of commence. . Bids on fabrication of wrought} iron framework for lights to be established at Glama Wreck New Ground Rocks will be called for within a week or ten days, of- ficials ‘said. Specifications for this material have already been approved in Washington, and funds for its purchase turned over to the district, officials said. Installation of both of these lights’ will he handled by light- house service personnel, without employment of any outside labor, it was said. Under the terms of the Recov- istration alloted $18,000 for the Glama Wreck light, and a like amount for the light at New Ground Rocks, Change Plans Construction of a new light at Pulaski Shoal, for which an allot- ment of $17,000 was made by the Publie Works Administration, will not be undertaken, officials said. Later investigations proved that. his new light is not needed, and TO LOUIS K. NEU HAS LOCAL ANGLE ARTICLE REPRODUCED FROM NEW ORLEANS TIMES PI- ;CAYUNE; MRS. NEU SAID » | FO ‘BE\ RESIDING HERE “The following stery appeared iv a recentissue of the New Or- leans’ Times Picayune and will rove of interest to many folks in ;Key West who are acquainted with} the persons mention: “Arrested by chance while he jwas driving the automobile of his victim through Jersey City, N. J., Louis Kenneth Neu of Savannah, Ga., confessed Wednesday after- noon that he murdered Sheffield Clark, Nashville, Tenn., business man, whose body was found Mon- day night in a room in the Jung hotel here. “Neu also signed a written con- fession that he killed Lawrence N. Shedd, Paterson, N. J., theater ‘manager, a week before he mur- déred Clark in New Orleans. Shead was beaten to death in his apartment with an electric iron, he said, and Clark was killed with a blackjack, which Neu still had in his possession when he was arrest- “The confessed double-murderer The Key West Citien KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1933. [AMERICAN LEGION |J. COLLIER OF URGES REOPENING | . TARIFF BOARD OF NAVALSTATION; —_ DIES SUDDENLY ‘CHAIRMAN OF HOUSE WAYS. AND MEANS COMMITTEE IN WASHINGTON * TIONS MADE AT MEETING TUESDAY NIGHT; ANNUAL. OFFICERS’ ELECTION HELD (iy Annocinted Prens) WASHINGTON, Sept. 28. —James W. Collier, of Mis- member of the tariff commission and former chair- man of the house ways and means committee, died sud- denly at his home here today from heart trouble. This was his birthday, he haying been born sjxty one years ago near Vicksburg. Collier served 12 terms in the house and declined to run again last November after a controversy over whether should run at The local American Legion post, at its regular meeting Tuesday night, voted unanimously to com- municate immediately with the secretary of the navy, secretary of war and the Florida senators and representatives, urging them ito use their influence at -once in |reopening: the: local -naval: station jand replacing the army -barraeks land Fort Taylor on an operative | basis, In making this appeal to the'sec- retaries and representatives, ..the| post will stress the importance of ithe strategical location of — this city and its proximity to Cuba, the Panama Canal and other Cen- tral and South American Repub- lies, also the desirability of these particular stations ,and it will en- deavor to show why these bases can be reestablished at a nominal jcost and be of more practical value to the country than are sim- ilar stations in other sections, it is stated. “Now is the opportune time,” said Post Commander P. R. Rob- erts, who brought the matter up for discussion, “to-bring this mat- ter forcibly to the attention of the powers that be. With the un- settled conditions in Cuba and its neighboring republies, and the ne- cessity of the government in dis- patching so many of its fighting craft to these waters, they can more readily see the feasibility} In The Citizen of Saturday, Sep- and importance of. these bases,}tember 23, appeared an - article and we want. to keep this matter | Showing $3,000 to have been al- before their attention until some; !otted Monroe county for the pur- FREE BOOKS NOT FOR CHILDREN IN PRIVATE SCHOOLS NOT BE PROVIDED FOR IN FUNDS APPROPRIATED FOR EMERGENCY RELIEF No school books can be furnish- children attending private schools, with money furnished by the State Emergency Relief Council. OTHER LIKE RECOMMENDA.|MISSISSIPPIAN WAS FORMER: PHILADELPHIA BAKERIES DE- NEEDS OF THIS CLASS SANS Was an inmate of the Georgia State | (°sitable results have been ob- chase of shoes and school books Sanitarium for Mental Cases for about four months in 1927, cording to dispatches from vannah, He was committed to the sanitarium following a hold-up fand automobile theft and was re- leased on furlough after months, “He lived with his father, L. C. Neu, Jr., a man of good repute in Savannah, until two months ago when to went to New York. His wife and two children are now liv- ing in Key West, Fla., with Mrs. Neu’s_ mother.” Mrs, Neu is said to have recent- ly undergone an operation in local hospital. She recovered and is at home now with her mother. CLAUDE JOHNSON IS REPORTED TO four al tained.” for children whose mothers and Other matters of importance|fathers are registered _ relief were discussed, including plans! Clients. for the annual Armistice Day| It was to be understood by those celebration on November 11,}¢® whom school books or shoes Commander C, P, Hogeboom ap-| Were issued that additional work pointed a committee to. handio{Would be given in order that the this matter and it will report at| Value of the articles would ‘be the next regular meeting. paid for. : After the business of the meet-} . Since that time the local coun- |ing had been disposed of, the post j il received so many inquiries con- proceeded with its annual election; C¢™ing children who were attend- of officers for the ensuing year,]iM& Private schools it was found choosing H. E. Day as commander | "ecessary to secure direct infor- to succeed Chas. P. Hogeboom, re-j™&tion from headquarters. tiring commander. To this end i Ne eee Mr. il ji i {gram was sent Marcus C, Fagg, AES Day wilh bareuplated In guld- (rr cctor of relief at Tallchasees “Please state definitely if school books and shoes for needy children, as outlined in your letter of September 20, applies to children attendi: parochia! schools if tuition is paid by parents. Public schools furnish children books jing the destinies of the post by jJames S. Moore, first vice com- mander; Wm. Gomez, second vice | ;commander; John W. Pinder, ad-| | jutant and finance officer; W. D.| | Evans, chaplain; Anna E, Cor-! jcoran, historian; Wm. Cordova, | sergeant at arms and P. R. Rob-: STEEL WORKERS JOIN MINERS 'IN LABOR WALKOUT LIVERING BREAD UNDER POLICE GUARD TO PRE- VENT INTERFERENCE (iy Associated Vrexn) To the strike picture today was jadded a segment of the steel in-j \dustry as 10,000 steel workers in ithe Pittsburgh area joined near- ly 70,000 coal miners in a labor walkout. Steel troubles had their incep- tion at Weirton, West Virginia, } jover a union dispute, and union; leaders said the movement was spreading into eastern Ohio. ;Company employes starting with) ‘a walkout of 3,000 at - Chester,! Penn., spread to Edgewater; New Jersey, today when 500 employes. ‘quit work in sympathy. Pickets, said by police to be workers, took up posts to force jout the remaining thousand work-; jers at the Edgewater plant. DELIVER BREAD UNDER GUARD PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 28.— | Bakeries were delivering bread under police guard as they sought} court action to prevent interfer- ence by striking truckmen. In New York Grover Whalen, city NRA head, reported mediation efforts had sent 165,000 strikers back to work in settlement of the eighteen metropolitan district strikes. ‘KELLY ADMITS _ PART PLAYED * IN KIDNAPING STOUTLY DENIES BEING CON- NECTED WITH OTHER CAS- ES WITH WHICH HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE LINKED (ity Asnoctated Prenn) MEMPHIS, Sept 28.—Prodded by federal authorities, George “Machine Gun” Kelly has talked. W. A. Rorer, department of Justice agent, announced late last night the “bad man” from the {Southwest had confessed his part in kidnaping Charles Urschel, Oklahoma City oil man, but stoutly denied two other crimes with which officers sought to link him. | “You’ve got me-right on the | Urschet kidnaping but not the Chicago job and the Kansas City Union station job,” Rorer quoted } | Kelly as saying. | RAILWAY UNIT |. The strike of the Ford Motor] i Many Parts Of Cuba; NO INFORMATION NOW PERMITTED | HERE ON CLOSING TO LIMIT LOAN! LOCAL ARMY POST INTERSTATE COMMERCE COM-/}RUMORS CIRCULATED TO EF- MISSION AND FINANCE COR-| FECT THAT KEY WEST BAR- PORATION GIVE RULING IN RACKS LISTED WITH THOSE PROCEEDINGS TO BE DISPOSED OF No information is available at! this time as to what disposition is to be made of Key West army barracks, it was learned yester-} day, despite rumors to the effect! that the Army and Navy Register (By Aanceiated Preas) WASHINGTON, Sept. 28.—Re- ceivers for the Florida East Coast Railway Company were permission today by the interstate granted For 53 Years Devoted.to the Best Interests of Key West PRICE FIVE CENTS (Increased Labor Troubles In Machine Gun Units Sent To Interior All Hershey Sugar In- terests Suspend Opera- tions In Matanzas And Havana Provinces (By _Annocfated Press) HAVANA, Sept. 28.— Government. machine gun units were sent to the in- terior today-as labor troubles increased, and army head- quarters said troops were going to Camaguey province to guard sugar mills against commerce commission and Recon- struction Finance Corporation to limit their loan from the erganization ot $627,075. Permission was granted to re- ceivers in March to borrow $918,- 375. It immediately took $627,075, | leaving $291,300 with which later intended maturities would be due through October. They were able, however, to ob- tein an extension on the principal ad met interest out DR. W. R. WARREN GIVES READING AT latter of September 16 had Key West| workers’ attacks, but the eee Higa: the posts to be dis-| soldiers themselves said the posed of. The Register of that date speci-' Purpose was to suppress fically shows that President Roose-' peyolution, velt_ recently announced about 50; All Hershey sugar in- posf&S would be abandoned and a) like number retained. terests suspend operations About $50,000,000 is to be al-|' 4 vas located from the Public Works/im Matanzas and Havana funds for repairs and improve-| provinces beca’ strikes. ments. to the posts decided on, the . merge names and locations of which @Md the Hershey Electric have not been determined. ,Railway between Havana Making Study } t A study is now being made of ~ vast met all posts and stations in the Unit-, operating. ed States but no definite informa- ittuation remained tion will ‘be available until the, -2 tense at a match and cigaret Study iow under way is complet-, factory at Matanzas’ where able basis for the rumor appeared in the same issue under headlines dated as of May, 1931, and among the posts named for disposal at that time was Key West barracks. Immediately after the news} TRIP MADE RECENTLY | was received in Key Wect thei local chamber of commerce sent) WHEN THEY ‘VISITED OTH-}, telegram, on May 22, 1931, to} ER CLUBS |Ruth Bryan Own, then’ represen- jtative in Washington from this district. The telegram cited a United ROTARY LUNCHEON MILLER AND BATES TELL OF! Dr. William R. Warren read an| } ed, the Register| shows. The article which was the prob- mg 8 eer en employes, one of whom was wounded. The strike of Havana newspaper employes con- tinued, and it was learned authoritatively that mem- bers of ‘a service club »were working to avert several Press dispatch sent out from Wash- ington announcing among army| posts listed for abandonment Key! West barracks, and asked to bel the"club, advised if “war department has! ‘A guest of the club today was! Teceived authority abandon, Arturo J. Punal, visiting Rotarian |Key West barracks and of Fort! from Matanzas, Cuba, while Licut.| T@¥!r, Key West, with its care| G. Holtzman was also a guest on ‘*king detachment incanaed Alias ceded jwith the barracks.” cs W. L, Bates and A. R. Miller Pbrhored Bagh ; told the'Rotarians about their re-, 4 reply was received the same article on “Vocations” at the Ro-| tary Club luncheon today. The! paper was prepared by Chas. E.| Smith, another active member of is i strikes which might lead to a general strike. MAKING SURVEY OF ENTRANCE TO KEY WEST PORT | | j afternoon from Mrs,"OMfen. | She} cent trip away from the city at * f . ir aie | Wired “ar assutal by. War dephrt-| . whieh tlme they visited other) “'T Prats \ AJOR clube Maltial ap the organization, , ent that while Key West bar-| COLONEL BROWN AND M. {racks will not be utilized by the erts, R. E. Faulkner and J. J. | Trevor, executive committeemen. | BE RECOVERING These new officers will be in-| through the sixth grade but parothlal schools do not fur- nish any books. Can we buy ‘COAST GUARD SHIP | the service does not irttend to spend money needlessly, even when it has been allotted, it was de- clared. The buoy now in use at New Ground Rocks will be. trans- ferred to Pulaski Shoal when the new light at the former location has been erected, it was said. Repairs to the lighthouse wharf and buildings at Key West, pro-j vided for by the Public Works Ad-! ministration with an allotment, of $80,000, will be deferred, prob- ably until spring, officials said. Specifications have not yet eval prepared, it, was said. Defer Repairs Repairs to the tender Ivy, bas- ed at Key West, for which an al- lotment of $15,000 was made, will be held up until the hurricane sea- son is over, it was predicted. It is considered undesirable to lay up for repairs the largest tender at the base, during the hurricane season, it was explained. Repairs to the Dry Tortugas | light station, for which $3,000 was allotted, will be made as soon as the personnel can be spared from the Key West base, it was! said. Funds for this work have ady been turned over to the!Pound fracture of the right leg./ division superintendent, with ap- B¥merous bruises about the head meeting held last night, passed an proved: specifications for the job, officials said. NOTICE | Notice to all .persons doing; business, and, all; owners of} vehicles in the city of Key West,! you are hereby advised that the occupational licenses will be due! 4S improved to such an extent! was appointed to look into and payable at the office of the city tax collector, October 1,) 1933, Please govern cordingly. yourselves ac-! i JAS. S. ROBERTS, City Tax Collector-Assessor, sept28-30; oct? ‘Was SEVERELY INJURED IN ACCIDENT ON LABOR DAY WHILE MAKING TRIP OVER HIGHWAY TO MIAMI Claude Johnson, of 1122 South- ard street, is reported recovering from injuries received in an auto-! on} the morning of Labor Day, Sep- | mobile accident which occurre tember 4. Mr, Johnson suffered a com- and face and internal injuries. He was at first in a hospital and later taken to his home, Later! on his condition became so critical it was necessary to rope off the bieck from Ashe street to White street because of the annoyance caused by passing vehicles Several days ago his condition the ropes were removed and traf fic resumed on that part of the thoroughfare. Qne of Mr. Johnson’s daugh- ters told The Citizen today cendition was considerably —im- proved and the family feels con- fident he will fully recover. his stalled at the next regular meet- | ing of the post, which is schedul-} jed for Tuesday, Oct, 10.. i C { books..for children atte parochial schools up to sixth grade.” {vice as follows: |LICENSE ORDINANCE PASSED ON FINAL READING DUR. ING SESSION BANDITS STEAL MAIL SACKS AT BOSTON STATIO ordinance on its final reading in | ENTIRE EOP ah a eoeene relation to occupational licenses! BAGS ESTIMATED TO BE which imposes an assessment of a license tax on all brokers doing BETWEEN $100,000 AND business in the city of Key West. The matter of having the old| city dock repaired, which was dam-| aged some time ago, was taken up for discussion, and a committee i The city council, at a special j (ity Associated Prenat BOSTON, Sept. 28.—Three the ing money and matter. Public Works were given permis to collect occupational li-! from various merchants that will become due October 1.| of the sacks was known to in which they will be given credit be a coin ba for one month's salary. ibeund to banks The employes under the plan lare permitted te solicit the South station today by daring thieves who fled in sion j Today a reply was received by ITY COUNCIL the local chairman of Social ser-| the |‘ tained between $40,000 and $50,-! | | ARRIVES IN PORT! | DESTROYER HERNDON COMES IN LAST NIGHT FROM CUBAN WATERS The Coast, Guard Destroyer | Herndon, which was doing patrol duty in Cuban waters, arrived in | port last night and berthed at the naval station dock for oil and | water. Cutter Woodbury, of the coast {guard, came in from duty last | night and is berthed at one of the |finger piers in the submarine base. } Other service vessels in port, are the Coast Guard Destroyer Wainwright, berthed at the Por- ter dock; Destroyers Badger,| | 1 | } $200,000, OFFICIALS STATE! Hunt, Upshur and Semes. Cutters, groups on Duval street and other | Yamacraw, Tuscarora and Gres-! jham. | Orders issued for the sailing of | cks of registered mail contain-|the Badger and Upshur have been|navy yard at Charl Juables estimated rescinded, it was learned today. jand reported to Liew | by pestal officials to be worth! The Hunt is expected to leave to-|Jackson, U. S. N., in charge aty The employes of the Board of more than $100,000 were stolen! morrow for patrol duty in Cuban |the naval station. | waters. |SKYSCRAPER BUILT ON ITALIAN BEACH |r Talbot was due in this after oon. (My Auscoctates Preast MASSA MARITTIMA, Ital pt. 28.—An 18-story building! lders assigning them to the U and report having had a most en-} it é joyable outing at the many points |“"™Y, there is mo intention ' to included in their itinerary. abandon Fort Taylor. A gare-| jtaking detachment will remai jthere and will naturally be pro- vided with housing. | MARINES ARRIVE =: " necessary construction of cer- jtain arr huts te accommodate |detachment. In the proposed re- SMALL DETACHMENT TO BE trenchment program a great many posts will be abandoned entirely ASSIGNED TO SHIPS AT but Fort Taylor is not among THIS PORT | these For the first time months, U. S. Marines were seen on the streets of Key West today many FEW DOVES TO BE Just a few but a welcome sight! to those who in other days saw/| od them daily in small large | OPEN SEASON FOR SHOOTING parts of the city. | STARTED ON SIXTEENTH Those in Key West came in on} the Havana Special from the OF THIS MONTH jeston, S. C.,| tenant W. B.! or While the’ op: doves woof the birds have made their a ance in Key West, due, p to the weather being warm ual at this season of the year. However, this morning a few o the birds made their sppearance and within a short time the sounds of hunter's guns were heard from a dozen different directions with or They left Charieston Destroyer J. Fred Talbot, which has been on duty in Cuban waters : In the party of marines are a sergeant and eight men. BEATS MEN WITH CAT i | days, it is seid, and is being made .| Pond Bight and the channel be | DUNN SPENT TODAY CARRY- ING ON OPERATIONS SECTION OF SOUTHWEST no elaborate building pro- | Colonel George Brown and Ma}- for B. C. Dunn, of the U. 8, En- gineer Corps are out at the northwest entrance to the harbor today directing the survey opera- | tions being made. The survey will take several with a view to determine if any blasting or exeavating operations | will be necessary to remove any | obstructions should any be located. Colonel Brown arrived in hi« of ficial launeh, the Cayanoga, Tues- day, atcompanied by a survey par ty in the engineer launch Biv cayne. Major Dunn came in on the Ha- vana Special yesterday to preside, in the county court house, at a hearing relative to proposed bridg- be constructed over Salt tween Key West and Boca Chica the right of way of the Florida East Coast Railroad company. STRAND THEATER Ricardo Cortez and Elizabeth Young in The season is to last from Sep- tember 16 until November 15, but if the weather does not change to ooler right soon, it is ssid, the trophies of the hunters will be | sstince: few and far between. tre, 15-200; THE BIG EXECUTIVE Maria Albe-Walter Byron in KISS OF ARABY + Orches- 15-256 WASHINGTON, D. 28.—Advisory 10 A. M tropical disturbance, of small d chant in order that when the cash rells for Tauton, Mass., and New-|has been constructed near et ameter, eastern Caribbean cannot| Will be given the money covering were alse taken. lItaly’s leading industrial con-jrad W. Michaels beating three amount necessary from the mer-'000. Other bags containing pay-) is turned into the city for the’ pert, Rhode Island, along with the, shore here as a summer home for) NEW YORK-—A policeman said license that the employes general run of registered mail'children of employees of one of}this city said he came upon Con- 2 } : . <2 ‘ i t which he THOM ’S FISH CO.J be located definitely, but probsjone pay warrant upon which they| The total value, officials said,jcerns It is one of the tallest)men with » yowling cat whic PSON'S c Jably southwest of St. Croix. ‘have been given credit. might run to $200,000, buildings in the country. held by the tail.