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Associated Press Day. Wire VOLUME LIV. No. 287. Recovery Administrator: Issues Needing Attention “Hugh Johnson Back mICROSSSTATE "a3 socgnd Hines) . CANAL MATTER ees NOW DEFERRED; PUBLIC WORKS ADMINISTRA- —— (Ny Aasocinted Presad TION WILL NOT GIVE PRO- “WASHINGTON, Oct. 6.— Hugh Johnson was back to- day at his desk-stocked high: 3 TION, SHOWN jo GSpectal to Phe Citizend _, WASHINGTON, . C., Oct. 6. from reliable sources of infor- m it is indicated by the pub- liar sathe administration that no consideration will be given in the near future to the cross a © bidding?retail sales at ‘less than wholesale cost plus ten pereent, was in prospect, with Johnson favorably. in- clined toward approval of _ the master code despite farm - administration objections. _ Johnson stopped in at NRA headquarters today, two weeks after an infection ‘sent him to @ hospital. He said he did not consid- er the retail price plan a pyramiding price device,” canal proposed some time ago. Construction of this waterway was recently urged on the grounds it would result in great savings to shipping. The proposed canal has not come up before the admini- stration for consideration. Indications in sources generally reliable are that the matter will not come up for formal action for | WAS SEVERELY BURNED SEV- ERAL WEEKS AGO ABOARD STEAMER CHARLES KURZ DINE ARNOLD AND parka, Karl A. Raving, age 41, first of- ,;ficer of the S. S. Charles Kurz, died yesterday. in the Marine hos- pital. He was severely burned eral weeks ago. Shortly after being injured he was brought to Key West and whom chance. placed in the hospital. His widow, the capture of )Mrs. Cecilia Raving and her moth- ae one er, Mrs. Mary F. Lane, arrived * called Sahay fe topo, Ors” Phased will bo‘shipyed b th upon e government prosecution of the| Pritchard Funeral Home this aft. few F. Urschel Py cai The! ernoon over the East Coast for his CALLS AT WRONG PLACE en un-| » CHICAGO—Mrs. Mary Clay-; nd how} ton of this city walked into aj their last frantic} pojice station and tried to buy a/ “Jerry” with] bottle of beer, and was kept there overnight. Porter Dock Busy Scene With Arrival Of Vessels. «© ‘The Porter dock presented s}supplies, the vessel sailed busy scene today. Three ships|morthern ports with a cargo In for oll, the pilot bost going oat, Ts mer Oakwood, bound tol o with pilots for vessels and also for} southern ports from Rotterdam,| other duty. Holland, arrived off the bar at! The tanker Freeport Sulphur, | noon and-came up to the dock} in this morning! lock just as the| berthed at the dock and took on | Freeport Sulphur sailed. 1,000 barrels of fuel oil. This vessel is taking on bunk-} This Nessel had been sail salto | ar and supplies and will sail this’ here and there di wig the pastiafternoon in time to make room! five days in an effort to keep outiat the dock for the S. S. Ceiba, of the path of heavy winds. Wher-|fruiter, due to come up for buink-| ever the vessel was taken, says the/ers at 5 o'clock. fae always found: lots of} pinot Boat No. 1, sailed this! reese. morning for the bar with Dr. J. Y.| for of After faking on oil and Porter, port physician, to visit the British Tanker Lamberto, oil Ie- SATURDAY SPECIALS]} 00 tcom Tampico to Montreal. Nice Fresh Veal ‘The vessel sent an emei Milk Fed Fryers and Heas Swift Premier Hams CENTRAL MARKET Cc. E. ALBURY, Prop. 805 Fleming St. } Key West, meet the ship and take! off a member of the crew who was i. The patient was brought to! the city and placed in the Marine hospital. Hard? KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER. 6, 1933. -They Called Him ‘Machine Gun’ For 63 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West PRICE FIVE CENTS Two-Young Communists Killed In y JECT EARLY CONSIDERA. —-But A’ Gish‘Put The Finger’ On Kell (By Assoeinted Press) OKLAHOMA ITY,i Oct. 6.— “Machine Gun’ Kelly: broods ‘* in his cell here under the shadow of kidnaping charges because/one of} his tricks turned on him. The success of that trick ae| pended on a 12-year-old girl’s! lai his secret-—and when she |aidn’e Kelly was good. as be- hind the bars here facing trial in | the same federal court room where a jury September 30 returned a verdict against seven others ac- ‘cused with him. Captured In Memphis Since federal agents and. police surprised Kelly and his wife, Kath- ryn, in Memphis September™ 26, they have been reconstructing the trail they believe he followed: while Charles F. Urschel, wealthyOkla- homa City oil man, ransomed 'for. } $200,000. Pursuing officers willhgrant that} he was not lacking inielever tricks: [In an effort to throw them off:the track he had dyed his brown hair jwhich he and his wife has been driving. through the. southwest j Posing as vegetable peddlers. Girl Told On Him Where Kelly slipped, officers believe, was when he ‘took — with him 12-year-old Geraldine Arnold, who tipped off the officers, and. when he mailed vicious death threats to. Urschel . and federal prosecutors in the trial.of Harvey Bailey, Albert Bates and other al- leged accomplices of Kelly in the kidnaping. “ The threats led to the offer aah ‘Oklahoma City residents of $15,- 000 reward for the apprehension of the Kellys, dead or alive, and spurred the search for the fugi- tives throughout the -country. Kelly, captured at the end of a firearms, a capital offense in Ok- Tahoma. To residents of _ the Paradise, Tex., community, where Kelly fre- quently visited on the farm of his father-i » R. G. Shannon, the man but recently hunted as a desperado seemed @ prosperous business man. Until he was identified from photographs as one of the Urschel kidnapers, Kelly was known to po- lice only as a small-time liquor violator. Born in Memphis, he had served a short term in New Mexico and a three-year sentence in Leavenworth federal peniten- tiary on rum-running charges. Then, after the Urschel kidnap- ing, suspicions arose that Kelly was connected with the slaying of four officers and their prisoner at‘ the Union states in Kansas City; “\with the collection of part of the! “| Jake Factor ransom in ..Chicago, jg With the robbery of a. mail: truck’ and the killing of a Chicago yee man. INSANITY PLEA. See FOR LOUIS NEU INDICTED FOR KILLING OF S. CLARK, BUSINESS:MAN OF NASHVILLE, TENN. re Associated. Press) ORLEANS, Oct. . 5.—At- oe Clarenee- Dowling and |Jerome Meunier, for Louis Ken-|at the conclave, called to consider [meth Neu havo entered a plea of} What can be done during the com- | ting winter insanity for their. glient. | Neu is under indictment for the killing of Sheffield-Clark, business man of Nashville, Tenn., and was to be ararigned today for trial. | When the plea of insanity was en- | tered, attorneys asking for . ap~ ; pointing of a lunacy commission, hearing was postponed until next Monday. In entering the plea of instan- ity Neu’s attomneys described him as “entirely irresponsible.” } eos} {call for a small boat to leave from] Palace Theater—“Skyway.” Strand Theater — “Working Man” and “Turn Back To Clock.” Cuban Club—“Free Trip to Mi- ami Dance.” i jbeing hunted for the kidnaping of} yellow, and had abandoned his 16-} cylinder automobile for a truck, ini. ‘}own adniinistration, in states, re- | bs F. Urechel Gun” Kel- guns "Officers, hot in pursuit of kidmapers of Charles (left)! wealthy Oklahoma oil man, have placed “Mac ly behind the bars to await trial, with plenty of machine es him. ‘League Of Nations Has ~ Plan-For. Relief Jewish. Refugees From Germany NEEDS OF MANY CHILDREN TO BE GIVEN ATTENTION RELIEF ADMINISTRATOR HAS DECIDED TO PUT PROGRAM! INTO EFFECT TO PROVIDE SCHOOL LUNCHES Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. Mentioned For Commis- sioner To Handle Pro-' position (Ry Associated Presa) GENEVA, Oct. 6.—A plan \for practical relief of Jewish ‘refugees from Germany was | advanced today when the economic commission of the League of Nations assembly ‘received a report.and resolu- 'tion from the subcommittee Gponsibility for preventing under-| Tecommending: the broad 6,000,000! Project for assistance. children now on relief rolls. | This would be administer- These children are living in'ed by a high commissioner} families receiving but fifty cents tg be appointed by the per day for all the family needs, | He would he told the child health recover Conference. e allowed the “fullest free- He added that he decided yes- ' dom of action.” terday to make provisions where-/ A ‘ ti by employment relief funds could; Geneva newspaper said be used to pay for school lunches.’ Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., for- Hopkins, Secretary of Labor; pte Frances Perkins and Mrs. Roose-'™€F governor of the Philip- three outstanding conferees! pines, was being mentioned ltor the position. The United States was ;asked to collaborate under} |the provision of the resolu-| |tion asking countries, ~ not “The committee. on work of theimembers of the league, to Grand Lodge of Florida will hold a school of instruction at the (ity Assucinted Press) WASHINGTON, Oct. 6.—Re- {lief Administrator Harry Hopkins! today placed squarely upon* his nourishment’ among League counsel. velt, te restore health of; children who have suffered from; the ' depression. NOT E TO MASONS extend all possible facilities Scottish Rite Hall on October 9,'to provide the exiles with | May 31, this year, and having com-/ 10 and 11. There will be twoj 1 sessions daily at 2 p. m. and 8 p. Pisin loyment. m. The Grand Master will be} present at all sessions and Wed- nesday afternoon will be devoted) ¥*5 to Masonic Law, Jurisprudence | row. and Lodge Procedure. An infor- mal reception will be held after) the Monday night session. ant! Masons are invited and urged to! attend. This is the first school) te be held in Key West and we! want it to be a success. J. J. TREVOR, D. D. G. M oct6-3t) postponed until tomor- FREE TRIP TO MIAMI || DANCE TONIGHT AT CUBAN CLUB Music By HOWARD WILSON Admission 50c (Plux Se Tax) Children 10c; Ladies S< COAL CODE NOW CONFRONTS NRA COMPLICATIONS. ARISE WITH ADMINISTRA TION OFFI- CIALS TRYING TO SOLVE OUTSTANDING PROBLEM lity Abpoctated Prennd ’ Differences within the recovery ‘administration over provisions of ‘the bituminous coal | {added neW*complications to an i: (dustrial sé@he darkened by strife, code tod strikés anit’ bloodshed. General Hugh Johnson says he thought owners of the steel com- pany (captive) mines agreed to deduct union dues from miners’ pay while Donald Richberg, NRA counsel, asserts no such agreement was made, This development left Johnson at a loss as to what to do to send the additional 60,000 of western Pennsylvania’s 75,000 striking miners back. to. work, The situation was tense after one man was slain and a score of others wounded and beaten in a battle of gunfire, riot clubs and tear gas in the Pittsburgh area. FLORIDA RESUMES RUN AFTER STORM VANA, TAKING OVER 36 PASSENGERS After being berthed at the F. E. C. terminal docks since Tues- day, when arriving from Tai the steamer Florida of the P. and 0. S. S. company sailed yesterday for Havana: The véssel left 1:30 o'clock car- rying 36 passengers, one automo- bile, 337 sacks of mail and 83 tons of freight. The Florida will return this aft ernoon and. sail back to Havana with passengers and mail, return- ing tomorrow afternoon to go to Tampa, resuming the regular schedule interrupted by the storm. The S. S. Ozark arrived ti morning 7:45 from New Orie and after discharging and taking on cargo°aailed 9:40 for Miami and Jacksonville. This' ‘vessel was due last night but was ‘delayed by adverse weath- er conditions, The tug Bafshe, which was in RUMORED WOODIN ibwepatie WUs k WILL TAKE OVER MUSIC INTEREST MANY WONDER WHY SECRE- TARY WOULD RESIGN POSI- TION TO HEAD PUBLISHING CONCERN By HERBERT PLUMMER (My Ansxoctnted Presa) = WASHINGTON, Oct. 6.— The report is circulating arotnd treasury quarters again that Secre+ tary Woodin soon will resign, This time the reason is so bizarre that nearly everybody grins broadly when it is heard. He’ will quit to take over a music publishing house backed by a New York financier, the reports Say. What those who have only a cursory knowledge of the treasury secretary can’t understand is why Woodin should become the head of any concern that is backed by someone else. Already he is head, in his.own right, of a dozen or so big companies which are getting along very nicely. “Cheap publicity for some- bod: the way Woodin’s friends describe it. Th ts are that the secretary has just moved from his swanky, downtown hotel apartment to a mansion in the neighborhood where the capital’s notables side. Also, those who ought to know; bassador - Welles Only Cons pirator Left In Cuba (My Associated Press) HAVANA, Oct. 6.—Two young communists, Felix Viti, 23, and Luis Melian, 19, were killed, and two com- ued iti séme”settions of Ha- vana, but the capital was generally quiet. Declaring that American Ambassador Welles is the “only conspirator left in Cu- ba,” an article appearing in a student newspaper propos- re-] aay’ that white ;the ‘secretary wast” a White House guest upon his re- turn to Washington from his long illness, he and President Roose- velt discussed in detail treasury; policies to be followed for the next six months or more. Labor’s ‘New Deal’ If the talk of labor experts in and around NRA cg wage means anything a new type of leader of the working class in this country is in the offing. There'll be no place in the fu- ture they believe for the type now in the saddle. The old time or- ganizer will be replaced for the reason that labor will be organiz- ed. Under the new system la- bor’s leaders foresee a future place in the political and so- cial scheme which will be the greatest in history. The in- fluence of the working class- es will be tremendous. “Their influence, however,” -as one expert puts it, “will depend upon the intelligence of their leaders.” Some visualize a set-up pattern- pert since Tuesday seeking safe ed after President Roosevelt's cel- haven from stormy weather, sailed|©brated “brain trust”—a } !plan- this morning with barge in tow for Miami. Tanker Occidental, which arriv- ed Tuesday with barge in tow from Port Arthur, Texas, sailed this morning with the barge for Miami. REFORESTATION WORKERS RETURN, ELEVEN KEY WESTERS COME IN TODAY ON HAVANA SPECIAL Eleven young Key Westers who were at the Reforestation Camp at Petiney Farms, Fla., returned on thé’ Havana Special this morning. The young men left Key West under ipleted four months, were, in the party are Seth E. Higgs, Ripert Rex 0. Biaza, — Cabot, Otilio Campo, Cecil Curry, Albert Crespo, Wilson Jol- ly, Osgood Kemp, Evelio Mar- Sag Seepage W. Carry. Others who left at the sume} time and are expected to return|fed om sale tomorrow. tas Sow dage nse Peneete Dalene) 4. ¢. sapien tot toe Pi ning group which will both -in- struct and lead. Roosevelt Takes His Time | No one believes for a moment! }that the administration will be hurried on the question of infla- tion no matter how stiff the pres- sure. This belief was strength- ened when a delegation of farm- ers from the south arrived to urge} currency inflation on Roosevelt and were told that while the Presi- dent would meet them, they would have to wait their turn... } However, F. D. R. can make up his mind quickly when he wants tol on inflation or any other subject,| He talked aimlessly to a gathering! of news correspondents at a reg- | ular press conference exactly 15; jminutes before he rocked them! with the news that the country| was off the gold standard . j He likes to do such things at times, STEALS RING |the regulations, discharged and re-| 1oNDON James Hasson of Action on the resolution pao to their homes. this city was arrested for steal- ing hix sweethearts ring, pawning it and losing the money betting on = racing greyhounds. || Track Arrives Tonight | with complete line of FRUITS and VEGETABLES to be plac- || TIFT’S CASH GROCERY | IN ALL PROBABILITY LIST FOR MAYOR AND COUNCIL- MEN WILL BE, COMPLETED DURING SESS! : oars . It i confidently (expected | ithat the proposed ticket to be of- fered the voters of Key West for their consideration will be com- pleted at the meeting of the Ec- onomic League to be held tonight. The proposal is to put a ticket of seven councilmen and a mayor in the field and make a strong ef- fort to have these selections elect- ed at the city election to be held November 14. For several weeks this question has. been. under consideration by the league and committees have been continyously at work to form a ticket that will be acceptable to the great majority of voters. At the meeting inst ‘Tuesday night the leagne received the re- fort of the committees and decid- ed to call a special meeting for tonight at which time the entire ticket will be ready for presenta- tion to the organization. In the event the ticket meets j with the approval of the league it jwill be Printed in its entirety to- morrow. |ROOSEVELT SEES BIG BALL GAME (My Aencctated Prone) WASHINGTON, Oct. 6— President Roosevelt had euch ® good time at the World Se- ries game yesterday that he is + considering going te tomer. row’s game. A cabinet meeting and «4 heavy engagement list pre- __steded Ue ettenignes today. STRAND THEATER George Arites—Bette Davis in WORKING MAN Lee Tracy-Mae Clark TURN BACK THE CLOC ar RS a

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