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Associated Press Day Wire Service VOLUME LIV. No. 234. Would-Be Assassin Fires. On Austrian: Chancellor; Receives: Has ara Escape In In- cident Today At En- trance To Parliament Building | (iy Associated Prens) VIENNA, Oct. 3,—Chan- cellor Englebert Dollfuss was slightly . wounded in two places by a would-be assasin today, but an hour after re- ceiving treatment at a hos- pital he was able to go to his home and continue with official duties there. One shot struck him on the left arm and the other graz- ed his left breast when he was fired upon at the en- trance of the Parliament building. “That was a close one,” he remarked to friends as he left the hospital and walked smilingly to his auto- mobile. A young ex-soldier recent- ly discharged from the army, and whose political connec- tions police were not imme- diately able to learn, was ar- shooting, and police began to round up all political sus- pects. COURT SETS ASIDE DEATH PENALTY IN CASE OF JOHNSON DEFENDANT CHARGED WITH MURDER OF POLICEMAN IN LAKELAND; COURT DE- CLARES UNFAIR TRIAL Sy Ansocinted Brows TALLAHASSEE, Oct. 3.— Joseph E. Johnston’s sentence of electrocution for the murder of Policeman T. A, Nicholson of Lake- land ‘was set aside by the supreme court. today in an opinion which held the lower court in error in denying a motion for change of venue. The supreme court, in a three- to-one opinion, said inflamed pub- lie sentiment against Johnston made it impossible for him to ob- tain a fair trial in Polk county, and that the defendant was aware of this condition and withdrew a plea of not guilty and pleaded guilty when the lower curt denied a change of venue motion. Chief Justice Fred Davis, who was in Lakeland Easter Sunday, 1932, when Nicholson and Officer Wt, Barnet, were slain, did not participate in the decision. GONZALEZ WOUNDS SELF BY SHOOTIN INCIDENT IN MIAMI ACCIDEN- TAL; IN SERIOUS CONDITION Evelio Gonzalez, of Key West,) who is making his home at presen’ in Miami, accidently shot himself] yesterday. The news was re- ceived in a telegram sent to his father, Felix Gortzaler, yesterday.) No details were contained in the message nor was there any in- formation except that the young man was in serious condition. Mr, Gonzalez left on the after- noon train yesterday for Miami to! be with his son and get all the de- tails of the accident. ‘Slight Wounds ISTRIBLING DIES FROM INJURIES IN AUTO SMASH HEAVYWEIGHT BOXER Envoy’s Da OF; ( GEORGIA PUTS UP DOGGED, FIGHT FOR: HIS LIFE; suc.| CUMBS EARLY TODAY rence “Young” Stribling, Georgia heavyweight, died at 6 this morning from injuries ceived Sunday in a motor dent. The end came an hour after the fighter lost consciousness follow- ing a dogged fight, which physi- cians said was possible only by a Person of his tremendous vitality. At the bedside were his parents, “Pa and Ma,” his manager and) his Claire, herself a patient at hospital following the birth their third child, born two weeks trainer, respectively, wife, the of | ago, and a younger brother, Her- bert, himself a fighter. Physicians “said death was due to complications arising from in- ternal suffered when Stribling’s left foot was severed, injuries and his pelvis crushed in a colli- sion between his motorcycle and| Lilla Cabot Grew, an automobile. Physicians were amazed at his| 'NO ENDORSEMENT ability to cling to life with a tem- Perature of 107.5 and a pulse of 175. Stribling was 29 years old. Death ended an up and down career which saw Stribling fight all middleweights and heavyweight | champions in the past ten years. Six times he battled championship, but never made the grade. for IMorE WORKERS 70 | COMPILE REPORTS .. to any candidates in the coming| city election are without founda- ON RELIEF NEEDS THREE MEMBERS APPOINT. the | SELECTION, HOWEVER, o'clock} res) | acci- | Lacking a brother to c they are Mrs. J. Pierrepont Moff. beth Grew who on October 7 b By GLENN BABB ABY Ansocinted Prexn) no sons to follow the distinguished | | diplomatic career of Joseph Clark! | Grew, American ambassador, jhis three daughters have done their best to carry on a family tradition of foreign service. h has chosen as a husband a: member of the American foreign service. October Wedding Set The youngest of the talented and charming sisters, Miss Eliza- beth Sturgis Grew, has just fol- lowed her sisters’ example. marriage to Cecil Burton Lyon, embassy here, is’ set for October The older sisters are Mrs. Jay Pierrepont Moffat, formerly Miss wife of the, chief of the division of western! European affairs in the state de- partment at Washington, and Mrs. Three Grew Sisters Find Husbands In Foreign Service Joseph C. Grew, American ambassador to Japan, have married diplomatic attaches. TOKYO, October 3.—There are, but! Her} third secretary of the American! The Kep West Citisen KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1983. ughters Follow His Path ry on the family tradition of foreign service, these three daughters of From the left fat of Washington, Mrs. Robert Eng!ish of Budapest and Miss Eliza- ecomes Mrs. Cecil Burton Lyon of Tokyo. +Robert English, the former Miss} bassador’s daughter to be married Anita Clark Grew, whose husband|in the handsome 2-years-old is third secretary of the legation! American embassy here. A civil at Budapest. jserviee according to Japanese law The Grew weddings have for,at the Akasaka ward office will their settings three countries, be followed by Episcopalian rites aced about a third of the world’s; at the embassy. jcireumference apart, the United) Knows Six Capitals States, Turkey and Japan. |< The bride-to-be is an The eldest daughter, Lilla, be-| plished musician. She was born ‘came Mrs. Moffat in 1927 at Han-|in Vienna, 21 years ago and has jcock, N. H., which is home to the|jived in Berlin, Paris, Copen- lorets in those rare periods when|hagen, Berne, Istanbul and Wash- {they are in America, {ington Turks Remember Anita | In Washington she attended the Anita Grew became Mrs. Epglish|‘Holton Arms School, and in Istan- in Istanbul in 1932, just before| bul the American Women’s Col- her father quit Turkey to become ' lege. ambassador to «Japan. Mrs. Ambassador Grew’s newest son- English was the first foreign girl|in-law is the son of C. Burton married according to the new | Lyon of New York. Like Mr. Turkish marriage laws ‘and the}Grew and Mr. Moffat he is an ceremony attracted wide atten-jalumnus of Harvard. He en-| tion. Mrs. English also won fame} tered the foreign service in 1931! in Turkey when she swam the|and served in Washington, Havana! | Bosport {and Hong Kong before _ his Elizabeth is the first am-|signment to Tokyo last May. Mis OF CANDIDATES MAY BE MADE OF SEVERAL IN COMING ELECTION AT REG. ULAR MEETING TONIGHT ‘organization told The Citizen yes-| ED BY MRS. BEDELL, DIREC.) TOR OF SOCIAL ACTIVITIES Three new case workers {appointed to do investigating for {the Emergency Relief Council by |Mrs, Bertha Alustin Bedell, direc i of social service. In a telegram received yester jday by W. W. Demeritt. of the local council, Mrs lappoints Mrs. Carola Ketchin, | Mrs. John Roberts and Miss Ma {Curtis Williams. This force of investigators n jnumber five. The other two are { Mrs. Irvin Sweeting and Mrs. E Warner. The three new app i€es recently completed a per }test work and are now fully qual ified, The work of these women sists of visiting the homes eants for relief, compiling a | but complete history of the ¢ jtions under which they arc in order that the applicant may re- ceive relief commensurate itheir present condition. It is the aim of the state « jeil to eventually el jthe roster of appli are not needy and who are in want, thei: of relief. a jinite were! | tentative jand “Rumors that the Economic ague |tion,” a prominent, member of the terday. “While it is true,” member of the league, said sonfe endorsements, nothing def- has yet been decided upon and the intention of the will not be made public until later. At the meeting held last week plans were laid out to make selections for certain offices place the names before the but nothing certain way at that meeting. “It is possible, however, public done that . the plans will have been perfected yi before time for the regular meet- they | ing of the body tonight and if league’s selections will bly be announced by tomor- are th prob ANCIENTS ALSO LIKED ANTIQUES itty nanecteiini Pres ANN ARBOR, Mich., Oc antique hunter is not alto- er a modern development, if ence found by University with | Mich tions on the site of Old Seleucia, Mesopotamia, is trustworthy. alabaster cup was found 43 A, D., with ng its origin was about 1600 to 1400 B. C, inscripti BY LEAGUE “9 has given its endorsement league; British Not Seeking Any Cancellation Of War Debts t | IN TOW PUTS IN OUT OF WEATHER BAFSHE, HAILING FROM BAL- IN HAR- | BOR THIS MORNING; EN- ROUTE TO MIAMI | Sem Volk Haleg tate terest Of Matter { i } tity Associated Presa) NEW YORK, Oct. British mission seeking to re- TIMORE, ARRIVES jduce the more than $9,500,- ;900,000 war debt owed the | United ; New the | “that it is} SERVICE the intention of the league to make To be safe from the threatening States, arrived in| York from London to- there cancella- ather the tug Bafshe, b Md., j we: me p Baltimore, arrived in port this! @@y .expressing belief morning with a barge in tow jwould not be any The vessel is bound from Port) tion of the obligation. Miami. — The Sir Ronald : tream tT indsay, one member of the mi Arthur, Texas, to Ambassador barge is anchored in and the tug came up to the sion, said, “from informa- for oil and supplies. She will dock >p remain until better weather con-'tion I get about the feeling ditions prevail. 3 3 s in the United States All small boats rited States, have sought refuge in Ma |harbor or other havens among the i ke: cancel- but it ation might come in, would go out again just as quickly,” pal ° NAZIISM PUZZLING QUESTION TO CLERGY (Ry Associated Preaed BERLIN, Oct The raised al Europe by illustrated by n one day's papers: | Bise: vey Channel, w Grasses t kept t passed prob- aziism were items Father h part st of 1a parish prie: TONIGHT Theatre one Germany. was arrested of the nazis. irchegger of Graz, was arrested for speak- of the natis. ng well Fleming Street ju 1 | | { | {| | | i accom-) as-| ‘TUG WITH BARGE | Mission Seeking To Re-| duce Amount Arrived Ini 3.—A} two} ‘Death List In Havana Placed At 44; 89 Are Wounded Giants Defeat Senators ih First Game Of World Series; Score 4 To 2 | | 1 'WINDS OF GALE FORCE FOR KEY WEST ‘TONIGHT, W. S. KENNEDY, OFFICIAL IN CHARGE AT LOCAL BUREAU, | (Special to The Citizen) | | POLO\GROUNDS, New York,! Oct. 3.—Before 58,000 fans, wild with ‘enthusiasm, the New York/| | Giants overpowered the Washing- ‘tom Senators, 4 to 2, in the first! of the 1933 American} } game classic. |» Carl Hubbell, on the mound for | jthe Giants, struck out the first # FURNISHES INFORMATION| ON STORM’S PROGRESS three batsmen to face him, | maintained his superiority over his | hard-hitting opponents through-} The Senators were and| | i | |out the game. able to score on the screw ball official in} weather bu-| is of the opin-| le force will] twister but twice—in the fourth! W: S. Kennedy, |charge of the U. S. hel reau at Key We walked two men, the only passes! ion that win of the game. \be felt in Key tonight. | Mel Ott got a homerun, the} sked about the storm now ap- | fleet. time: up.and then hit safely | PTO*Ching Cienfuegos, Cubs, Mr. | Kennedy said the disturbance, then for three times in succession, for) aout 120 miles south of that city, a perfect batting average. would possibly reach’ the vicinity In the ninth inning Washing-| about 8 o’clock tonighf. It is ton staged a rally and before any moving apparently, north north- east. one was ont filled the bases, then | It will be well for people of Key Kuhel grounded out, short to first, | West to take the same precau- Manush scoring. Bluege struck) tions they did prior to September out, the third time. Sewell! 1, when the effects of the-storm, and ninth inning. However, i For 53 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West PRICE FIVE CENTS Rioting = Firing Continued Through Last Night; Many Blame United States For Not Intervening (By Associated Brean) HAVANA, October 3.— Warfare in which 44 were killed and 89 wounded yes- | terday left Havana today on | trigger edge. Through the night bullets | whizzed in the streets and the city discovered that a truce had not yet been call- ed. What the ABC society would do stood out as today’s major enigma. The enlisted men’s army jand the students rejoiced that the United States has not “interfered,” but many Cubans mourned their dead and blamed the United States bitterly for not acting to prevent bloodshed. INVESTIGATION ON AMERICAN ANGLE WASHINGTON, Oct. 3.— grounded, and. went out, third to| which devastated parts of the Cu- first, retiring the side. ban coast weré felt here. Score by innings: R.H.E.| The force of the wind, he es- Senators 000 100 001— 2 6 3| timates, will be about the same as! i on that date, which was approxi- Giante .. 202 000 00x— 4 10 2) nately 60 miles an hour, stronger in some of the puffs. LINEUPS The winds of last night and this Washington, American League (morning, Mr. Kennedy said, were Buddy Myer, 2b Leon Goslin, rf Heinie Manush, If Joe Cronin, ss Fred Schulte, cf Joe Kuhel, 1b Ossie Bluege, 3b Luke Sewell, ¢ Wally Stewart, p Jack Russell, p | jnot caused by the storm now ap- |proaching Cuba. Miami, 154 miles! ;further north had winds of 24 miles, while at Key West the ana- |mometer recorded 18 miles, An area of high pressure over) | the middie Atlantic states moving| {southward may cause the storm to| | be deflected further eastward from the course it is now following. At j11 o'clock this morning it was} {about 300 miles south southeast of |Key Wect. New York, National League Joe Moore, If Hugh Critz, 2b Bill Terry, 1b | Mel Ott, rf Travis Jackson, 3b George Davis, cf Gus Mancuso, ¢ John Ryan, ss Carl Hubbell, p Time of game, 1:30 p. m ern Standard time) } Jmpires—Plate, Charles Moran | (National League); first | George Moriarity (American League); second base, Charle 'Pfirman (National League); third of (base, Emmet Ormsby (American j, League). Weather | cloudy. ‘SAME NUMBER OF VESSELS IN PORT (East-- THREE GOVERNMENT LE SHIPS T AND THE SAME NUMBER ARRIVED | } base, | th number | are vernment vessels the r te I yesterday, | three yester partly da ela leaving port | — Cool and and three arriving ( and ast Guard| Wilkes yesterday and the Sturtevant came { these We o the pan pre 4 | SENATORS AND GIANTS |READY FOR BATTLE (Hy Associated Mresst POLO GROUNDS, Oct Curried and combed and fla hi ne green in the morning the battle ground for the first game of the World Series sparkled bright welcome to thousands the faithful, gathering for opening duel between the Giant and Senators. This annual struggle could r have bid for more perfect weather or a more boisterous setting. Every indication was that th sellout of 49,000 would materia lize The Selection of art as the Washington apparently axsured, the left-hander donned his sweater after a mild warmup Manager Bill Terry of Giants shifted his batting order placing Jackson ahead of George ate | Davis. trong 1 1 Two games will be played here afternoon reach lafter which the scene of battle night Everglades will shif& to the Clarke Griffit northe Stadium in the nation’s capital it If either team annexes the first \four engagements, the series will end at Washington. les northeast of Turks Is-/ Three games are scheduled to land » arently moving (Continued on Page Four) [Dorth-northeastward. harbor 1 duty patrol troyer orning ailir Destr j terday were Fred Talbot De yer e Cutter Gres sun, cd Wainwright of han the STORM REPORT Hi WA Advi NGTON 16:00 D A Oct North- warnings displayed Bora Grande to Titus-} “ at by east orm 10:00 a tarbance Wally P of hurricane force near! a center is central about 126 miles of Cinef eg Caba, appar ortheastward trong northeast’ and Boca Grande to Ever- the It o he 1 can north wind glades afternoon or to night; rtheast winds this e gale force to to Japiter and winds tonight; atrong ast Jupiter to Titusville disturbance of } about! opie 0 mi iment, i names. Secretary Hall said a thor- , ough investigation of the i killing of American citizens during Havana fighting is being made and that on the facts assembled would de- pend whether diplomatic representations will be made. INFORMATION ON METHOD IN VOTING ON REPEAL ISSUE | SIXTY.SEVEN DELEGATES TO BE ELECTED; NAMES ON BALLOT WILL BE GROUPED ALPHABETICALLY Voters in the Special Electi on repeal to be held October 10, one week from today, may vote for 67 delegates but no more. There are 67 delegates to be elected. If a voter votes for more than this number his ballot will be thrown out. If he votes for less than 67 his ballet will count. As required by the law calling jthis election, the names of can dates are grouped alphabetically in three groups, A. B. and C. Group A has declared for rat- ification, or repeal of the prohibi tion amendment to the atitu. tion. These names are on the left side of the ballot, 67 in num To vote for this group, place a cro mark in front of each name Group B has declared against repeal of the prohibition amend In this there are eight con Group C, designated as unpledg ed either for or against repeal, contains 191 names ray, secretary of state cards carrying the above information, stressing the oint that to vote for 67 names or less makes the ballot valid. Voting for more than 67 names voida the ballot. STRAND THEATER | Carole Lombard and Gene Ray- mond in BRIEF MOMENTS Bill Boyd and Mae Clark in FLAMING GOLD Matinee: on, ib aoe Hight ise”

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