The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 7, 1933, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service VOLUME LIV. No. 238. Quarantine Station For Key West Among Projects Now On ' 1.) Florida’s Wilcox Also Making Ef- forts To Obtain Other. Federal Buildings For Florida Points By PAUL MAY . Special Washington Correspondent ot The Citizen ae WASHINGTON, Oct. 7. Key West, West Palm Beach and Palm Beach will. get three*new federal buildings ‘under the public works ad- ministration building, pro- gtam if the efforts of Con- gressman Mark Wilcox can bring them to reality, he “Public works officials in Washington are still hope- ful that they can provide for federal buildings in these three cities under present plans, x : The Florida building pro- gram totals $2;180,000 and ptovides for postoftices at it e ‘THAT OF ROBERT C. LOT. SPEICH, WHO. WAS SHOT WHILE WATCHING FIGHT AT HOTEL IN HAVANA The body of Robert’ C. Lot- ich, who was killed in Havana ng, was brought to the Florida and sent by express to hisgheme in London, Ohio. Mr. . h.was the repre- sentative of Swift and Company 77S 2 LLL LL ieee Velez, Mexican Actress, Will Marry Johnny Weissmuller, (By Asnneinted Prenny LOS ANGELES, Oct. 7.— Jechnny Weissmuller, one of the Tarzans of ‘the films, and Lupe Velez, vivacious, little Mexican actress, had Holly- wood guessing today. Miss Velez said she would: marry the actor, former world) swimming champion, within four days. Weissmuller, who only yes- terday got a final divorce from Bobby Arnst, countered “I'm. just out of trouble and believe me I’m going to stay out.” Misp Velez and Weissmuller have been close friends for several months. The swimmer is replacing » Gary Cooper in affections to the petite actress. Cooper and Miss Velez had often been reported engaged. * y \chondeuuhenheuheadale MALONE MAKES ANNOUNCEMENT -ON MAYORSHIP INCUMBENT OF OFFICE . MAKES KNOWN HIS CANDI- COLUMNS OF THE CITIZEN Wm. H. Malone announces in this issue of The Citizen his candi- dacy for the office: of mayor, which he now holds, and solicits the suffrage of the citizenry. To quote his friends: “There is no man within the limits of Key West! who is better qualified for the position,” and they are confi- dent he will be elected. On the death of former Mayor Leslie Curry the first man sug- gested to carry on the unexpired term was°Mr. Malone. This sug- gestion was made by many friends of the mayor who had faith in his ability and was sure he would fill the office with credit and distinc- tion. He was elected by the city pcouncil on Friday, January 6. They now point with pride to the fact that their confidence and ‘belief was well founded and they feel that his administration of the has been such as to war- rant November. Another point in favor of the now mayor is that he is an at- torney of note. He also was state senator for many years and has The Key j By HOWARD W. BLAKESLEE WOODS HOLE, Mass., Oct. 7. —Its forty-fifth year drawing to a close, this summer capital science records another series of achievements on the frontiers of human progress. The sea, with all it means to commerce, food, climate: or health, and biology, the science of ‘life, are the two great objectives here. But the-scientists’ researches pro- ceed in obscure places, where few others would ever think: of look- ing. The sea’s bacteria, the vast, icy flow of water which is the real enesis, which is the opposite of virgin birth, and the mechanism of pain as the nerves reveal it are a few of hundreds of investigations of this summer and fall. Some Studies Year|’Round Many of these studies are care- fully projected to go on the year round, for their future usefulness. Others are the projects of visiting scientists, investigations | which might become useful to medicine, diet or in a score of ways, but with no certainty. Such receive the sup- DEFENDANTS IN KIDNAPING CASE ARES CHEL PROCEEEDINGS GET in Cuba, and was at his apart-/formed contacts with many of the| LIFE; FIVE YEARS FOR TWO ments in the Lopez‘Serrano house} most inflential men in the United| when the Nation@l hotel was cessful effort to make the Cuban officers whe weré barricad- shooting, Mr. Lot- to a window in his was watching the siege struck by a stray bul- and will receive a safe majority! doing of sad West today are the same States and Fiorida, his friends say. He has a state wide reputation for being a sumptuous entertainer and with Mrs. Malone has had at his beautiful home some of the most distinguished men and wom- en of the country, his adherents show. They believe he will be considered the logical candidate [November 14, \NO MOVEMENTS OF | SERVICE VESSELS SAME NUMBER OF GOVERN- MENT SHIPS IN LOCAL HARBOR TODAY All service ships in port at Ke: that OTHERS IN CASE ‘By Associated Preast OKLAHOMA CITY, Oct. 7.— Defendants in the $200,000 kid- naping of Charles Urschel, lionaire oil man, were sentenced today by Judge Edgar Vaught in federal district court, Sentences ran from life prisonment for four of the de- ifendants to five years in peniten- tiary for two others. Se Harvey Bailey and Albert Bates were sentenced to dife. R. G. “Boss” Shannon and wife also re- ceived life sentences, Armon Shannon received a 10+ year suspended sentence and Ed- vard Berman and Clifford Skelly ere sentenced to five years each. } mil- im- } scientific “fishing” resort. and phenomena for secrets pertinent to man and his life. (Associated Press Science Editor) | of} gulf. stream, sex mosaics, ephebog-| i typi FOUR IMPLICATED IN " URS- est Citisen KEY WEST. FLORIDA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1933. Science ‘Fishes’ At Woods Hole, Mass.--Microscope Makes ‘Catch’ lhown at the left which make Woods Hole, Ma: jiologists have turned to the sea, looking to marine life 'port*of-the heads of science here |investigation of oceanic biology, because of their faith in the pio-|chemistry and physics than ,any neering method. other region of comparable extent Woods Hole is a town of 800 in}in northeastern America. winter and 2,400 in summer.) |Among its summer colonists are .between inshore and offshore wa- scientists from all over the world..ters. It is near the continental They come to three institutions, jab In a relatively small area the U. S. Fish commission labora-/i | tory, the first one established injvai ation. of depths, temperatures, { the United States in 1875, the Ma ritie biological laboratory set ungpel: in 1888 with $10,000 to $15,000, ; and the Oceanographic institution, | founded in 1930. | tists is said to be without parallel, Heavily Endowed ‘They come not for play, but. work. The endowments for the latter | Often the lights glow in their two now amount to more thanjlaboratory windows until late at $2,000,000. Much of this came)night, Many an 18-hour day of from the Rockefeller foundation,/research is conducted personally the Carnegie institution, John D.jby a scientist world famous for Rockefeller, Jr., and: Charles: R.' his discoveries and occupying: an Crane. | important executive position , An ont-of-the-way corner, ‘back home.” Woods Hole seems at first sight,} Though the “exploration” may situated at the heel of Cape Cod.| never pass beyond a white-walled But even its name is misleading.| room, it. has all the tenseness of Instead of being a “hole” it is ajadventure. In some laboratories hill, Norsemen discovered and'it is the rule for no one to: call named it woods “holl,” their name!except by appointment, for stop- for hill. ping to answer even a casual ques- This “tholl” offers in its nearby|tion might ruin the results of a waters a more promising field for| 12-hour series of observations. B. D. Trevor Heads List | For Mayorship On Ticket nities and fertility of water for lagic.. plants. and. animals, «../ Famed Scientists Attend Its summer congress of _scien- i At the meeting of the Economic League of Key West last the organization announced ticket to be placed before | voters of Key West for DELINQUENT TAX |” SALES ARE ENDED here | November 14, Sales of property for delinquent; Trevor for the office of mayor taxes were completed at noon yes-.and the following candidates for the the tor Frank H., councilmen: Dr. Wm: R. Werren, poteay, be Tex, Copertes Teeny | Cattell. Wks, Wax ks ok: Ladd, ‘all’ delinquent property on; on R. B. Curry, Wm. Monsal- {the books being disposed of to the vatge, J, R. Valdes and Frank 0. state. | Roberts. A force of young women clerks) Some are members of the ek nlegrephen work | /eague and others are not, but the l entire strength of the organization Sarl pr cement hapeit Lo been pledged to put the ticket and certificates to complete records required and to be for-|-will be made, it was decided at the warded to Tallahassee. j meeting. j As stated some time ago there }are to be no other names to be considered by the league as an or- ' ganization. be filled at the coming election will be strictly left alone by the is at WHERE TO GO ecoce TONIGHT re It is:close to the transition zone; v DrawnByEconomicLeague night election | The ticket is headed by B. D.; the over and every effort to do so All other offices to! To Hold Masonic School ‘THREE SENTENCED "IN SLAYING CASE |° IN YEAR OF 1928 TWO DEFENDANTS GET NINE- (ty Axaociated Press) CROSSVILLE; Tennessee, Oct. 7.—Two men and a woman were | convicted today for the slaying of | James Copeland, 19, Canton, Ohio, ;whose death in 1928 was kept a {secret until this summer. Ninety-nine year sentences were imposed on William Wilder, moun-' taineer, and William M. Burgess. Wilder’s wife received 20 years and a day, the minimum for first | ———~ "Fre iling. came to light when HIGH MASONIC a relative of Wilder became angry OFFICIALS T0 ARRIVE SUNDAY at him for slapping her and re- ported to officers. Subsequently Copeland’s skele- ton was dug up in a field. } BODY OF SCHOOL |GRAND MASTER HELVENSTON GIRL IS FOUND | oF LIVE OAK TO HOLD «ae | SCHOOL OF INSTRUCTION NEAR ROADSIDE BEGINNING MONDAY SHERIFF EXPRESSES BELIEF GIRL WAS SLAIN; CORON- ER’S JURY SAID ACID POI- SONING CAUSE B. W. HELVENSTON Grand Master of Masons | { Grand Master B. W. Helvens- ton, F. and A. M., from Live Oak, Fla., will arrive in Key West to- morrow accompanied by Past Grand Master Wallace Cheves and Past Grand Master Stafford Cald- well, : Monday afternoon 2 o’clock the fivst session of a schpol of instruc- tion, to continne for three days, will be held in Scottish Rite Hall. The second s ion will be held 8 | (By Asnocinted Press) HENDERSON, Tennessee, Oct. 7.—The,, body ‘of, Fleetie Benson, 19-year-old school” girl was found by a roadside today. Sheriff 1. L. Richardson expvessed the belief) o'clock that night. that she was slain. : The same routine will be fol- The coponer’s jury said death! jowed Tuesday and Wednesday jresulted from “acid poisoning” | with the grand master present at jand Dr. L. C. Smith and Dr. H./each assembly. Wednesday aft- P: Pitts, two physicians who serv-|ernoon will be devoted to instruc- ed on the jury, said they agreed tions on Masonic Law. Jurispru- with the sheriff that the pretty'dence and procedure to be fol- girl was killed. lowed in the conduct of todges. Sheriff Richardson said the| pistrict Deputy Grand Master examination of the body indicated J, J, Trevor told The Citizen this the girl had been beaten. |is the first school of this kind to She apparently ‘had been dead be held in Key West and earnestly several hours when two boys found urges all masons in the city to be | the body. ¢ present at each session of the { — school if possible. (BROADCAST BY After the school is dismissed aN Monday night there will be an in- formal reception held in honor of the visiting lodge dignitaries and jit is hoped, says Mr. Trevor, that jall masons will be at the hall to | MESSAGE TO AMERICAN PEO- PLE WILL COME FROM PRES. IDENTIAL PALACE START- ING AT 8 O'CLOCK 2 meet the visitors, GARDS MATTER AS EX- TREMELY SERIOUS Cubs, will broadcast a message to the American people tonight from 8 o'clock until 8:25. The message will be given out jat the presidential palace in con- nection with the Cuban telephone company. All Americans are re- | quested to tune in and hear Cuba's | president. ; lt ie understood that President ; San Martin speaks excellent Eng- ty Assorinted Preasy WASHINGTON, Oct, 7.— High officials of the American government regard as ex tremely serious reports from Geneva that Germany's posi- tien on armaments included a demand for immediate right RIGHT TO RE-ARM President Grau San Martin, of AMERICAN GOVERNMENT RE- ‘For 63 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West PRICE FIVE CENTS Roosevelt Calls For United Cooperation. And Patriotism In Citing Recovery Program Directs Appeal To Capital lent Traits Of Late Sam- uel Gompers (iy Ansvetated Presn) WASHINGTON, Oct. 7.— President Roosevelt today called for united “unselfish patriotism” on the part of capital and labor in support of his recovery efforts. Dedicating the American Federation of Labor memor- jial monument to the late Samuel Gompers, former president, Mr. Roosevelt said an “overwhelming majority” of workers and employers {understand “that this is no \time to seek special 'privi- lege, undue advantage ~ or personal gain.” He said “some employers prefer a government by a privileged class” and some’ ‘workers. were “hotheads who think results can be ob- tatlied By hoise OF violence.” He urged'a quick settle- ment of labor's jurisdiction- al problems to prevent a general slowing up of his program. | otha Praising the work bf Gom- pers, Mr. Roosevelt said “the present federation . and its affiliations ‘are “in id'/broad seuse giving the same kind of fine cooperation to your government which Samuel Gompers and his associates |gave to that government in ithe old days.” EXPRESS VIEWS ON. REPEAL ELECTION BOTH SIDES CLAIM THERE IS A CHANCE TO LOSE IN REFERNDUM {By Associated Frees) JACKSONVILLE, Oct, 7.—Wet and dry leaders blazed away at the general apathy of voters as Florida prepared to become the 34th state to ballot whether the eighteenth amendment shall be re- pealed. Both sides predicted there was.a chance to lose in next Tuesday's referendum unless voters turn out in safficient numbers. Only ratification of the twenty- | first amendment is to be consider- ted. STRIBLING ' CASE (My Aesortates Preast MACON, Oct. 7.—The coron- ers jury has closed ss “unavoid- jable” its investigation of the ne- icident in which W. L. (Young) Stribling was fatally injured. were in port yesterday, learned this morning. - Vessels are the U. S. Destroyer) Sturtevant, at the naval station! ldoek. Coast Guard Destroyers| (My Associated Press) Wilkes, Herndon, Hunt, Semmes} BREST, France, Oct. 7.—The sand Wood, Cutters Saukee, Tus-|island of Ushant has had its first ,earora and Yamacraw. automobile accident. Only five! | Crews of the vessels are being) miles long and a mile and a half tgiven two hours liberty after) wide, the storm swept isle boasts) ‘which they report to the ships. The/two cars. Paul Lucas, driving one! [vessels are under sailing orders at/of them in a fog, knocked down! i j Palace—“I cover the Water-' membership as a body. to re-arm, but the administra- front.” Strand Theatre and “Working Ma: ** #5 USHANT HAS ITS FIRST AUTO SMASH JAS. S, ROBERTS, City Tax Collector-Assessor. sept28-30; oct? | The jury exonerated KR. Y¥. Johnson, driver of the automobile | which collided with Stribling’s mo- | toreyele. |) STRAND THEATER Warder Baxter-Bebe Daniels in 42D STREET George Arlist—Bette Davis in WORKING MAN } ‘The candidates endorsed are ex-|"#» and bis message will be = our- ee 42nd Street”| pected to be present at the meet-| prise, it fe sald. ion is withholding action un- til a full report is received. jing to be held Tuesday of next) —~,; week and each of them will be tasked to give some expression of his views relative to his course of procedure in the administration of | the affairs of the city in the! ‘event he is elected. | After the business of the meet-/ jing is concluded there will be} Ijsmokes and light refreshments. PALACE Claudette Colbert-Ben Lyon in STEALS RING ON DISPLAY on $665.00 Delivered Fully Equipped OPEN TONIGHT Gato & Navarro, Inc. LONDON—James Hasson of} this city was arrested for steal-| I Cover The Waterfront |) ing his eweetheart’s ring. pawning Mati 16-1Se; Night, 15-25 hit and losing the money betting on) jracing greyhounds, i Matinee: tra, all times. _*his cousin, Mare s. 100; Orches- bag