The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 20, 1933, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service VOLUME LIV. No, 275. Settle And Fordney After New Stratosphere:Reco Navy And Marie °Cors|NOTE UNDER DOOR Fliers Hope To Reach} SAID BOY MISSING 36,000 Feet Mark Dur- HAD BEEN KILLED ing Test FOUND BY PARENTS OF CAR- ROLL ANDREWS OF BALTI- (By Associated Press) AKRON, Nov. 20.—Seek- ing to penetrate further. into the mystery of the cosmic ray, Lieutenant Commander T. G. W. Settle of the navy and Major Chester Fordney, MORE; HAD BEEN MISSING SINCE FRIDAY (By Associated Press) BALTIMORE, Nov. 10.—A note Marine | Corps mathemati-|*lpped under the doorway before cian, sailed away this morn-|4*¥® today informed the parents CASES BROUGHT BEFORE COURT ELEVEN DEFENDANTS BEING TRIED TODAY ON CHARGE OF OPERATING GAMBLING DEVICES; HEAR EVIDENCE Eleven defendants are being tried in a group in crimimal court today on a charge of having and Operating gambiung devices com- monly known as slot machines, ‘fhese defendants are Peter A. Knight, Dutch Goehring, Herman Richardson, Armando Gargello, Vernon Spencer, Felo Rodriguez, Eddie Gomez, Frank Sosin, Romey Tynes, Frank Koberts and Pena Morales. Several weeks ago, following information furnished by Joseph G, KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1933. SLOT MACHINE (Preliminary Work On Norris Dam The vast Tennessee valley pr ject is being pushed aiong rapidly , ‘toward accomplishment of its three principal objectives. These objectives are of the government’s huge h electric plant on the Tennessee river at Muscle Shoals, construc-j tion of a $34,000,000 power and) navigation dam in east Tennessee| and the linking of the two by a 226-mile transmission line. Activity Is Widespread There is a whirl of activity all) along the line—from the mouti-j tain country north of here, where jconstruction of Norris dam on the Clinch river, a tributary of the Tennessee, will impound a vast body of water, to the whirring generators of Wilson dam at Muscle Shoals, Alabama. i i | The Key West Citwen For 53 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West PRICE FIVE CENTS Thousands Of Unemployed Transferred From Relief Rolls To Other Projects ASKS CHECK-UP OF FINANCES OF FLORIDA CITIES — Excellent Progress Re- ported In Program To Put 4,000,000 Back On Jobs GOVERNOR SHOLTZ SENDS OUT CALL TO EVERY CITY AND TOWN IN STATE TO OB- TAIN ACCURATE DATA : (By Associated Press) (Ry Ansoctated Presa) WASHINGTON, Nov. 20. —Many thousands of men were said by public officials today to be at work under TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Nov. 20. Dr. A. E. Morgan, chairman of! |—Governor Sholtz wants a look; the new civil works plan of Knight and Clyde Knight, a capias; ing at 9:27 o’clock Eastern Standard time, for a strato- sphere at least 36,000 feet above the earth’s surface. The two men, aboard the seven-foot gondola, which swung beneath a huge hydro- gen-filled bag which is_ ex- pected to carry them into the third layer of atmosphere above the earth. They are expected to reach the playground of the cosmic ray about noon and test there the nature of this mysterious phase of scien- tific phenomenon. ~ Settle and his companion expect to land somewhere in the, vicinity... of, Pi about dusk. If the flight is uneomplet- ed before then they will have a full moon to guide them on their landing. BEING USED: BY. GEORGIA PAPERS PAPER PRODUCED FROM FAST GROWING SOUTHERN PINE TREES; NEW STEP IN AGRI. CULTURE (Dy Associated Presa) ATLANTA, Nov. 20.—To show that the south is ready for a new step in agriculture growing of white paper trees, nine Georgia newspapers today issued editions on this newsprint. They used the newsprint made for the first time by fullsized standard papermaking machines from fast growing southern pine treet. This paper was pronounced in every respect equal to or superior to standard newsprint now made from northern: spruce, But this southern paper was made from trees only one quarter of the age of the spruce trees, and despite their youth, were larger than the standard spruce used for paper and actually yielding} more paper per log because of greater girth. Georgia scientists who initiated today’s experiment say that in twelve southern states pine trees can be grown in 10 to 13: years big enough to make standard news- print, all the United States con- sumes, if that is found advanta- geous, STRANGE ANSWER CHICAGO—Asked on the wit- stand what his occupation Robert GiNovray of this city replied “gentleman, ne: Cough And Cold Remedies Buy them at a saving at Gardner’s Pharmacy Phone 177 Free Delivery of Carroll Andrews, 13, who has been missing since Friday, that he has been murdered, and the body secreted in a nearby woods. Police began search but after several hours no imme ely a trace of the body was found. “We killed him Friday. He is in the woods. We killed the boy,” the. note which was found by the father when he went to take in the milk, read. ‘In one corner was a crudely designed heart pierced with a dag- ger. Mrs. Andrews became hys- terical when she saw the note and! said she was certain her son was the victim of violence. TANGLE FOOT TAKES TUMBLE YOUNG MAN MAKES ATTEMPT TO BOARD MOVING TRAIN AND FALLS; REACHES PLATFORM, HOWEVER Shudders shook the throng of several thousand. A few suppress- ed screams were heard. Hundreds of eyes were turned away fearing to see the impending catastrophe. And muffled moans were heard along the line of spectators, The place, the F, E. C. terminals, The time, 5 o’clock yesterday aft- ernoon. The event, the departure of the throng of excursionists who were on the week-end trip to Key West, “The cause of the heart gripping near tragedy occurred when a young man standing on the steps | ;, of the slowly moving train lost his balance and ¢ell. His attitude, when he struck the ground, indicated he might possibly roll under the tgain and be ground to pieces under the wheels of the railroad Jugger- maut. Hence the shudders, sup- pressed screams, muffled moans and averted eyes. The spectators failed to take into consideration the old adage that providence looks after the safety of babes, fools and those who look on, and partake of, the wine when it is red. And as the young man in ques- tion was apparently one of the latter, he paid no heed to his mis- hap, nor the spectators but bent his efforts toward catching the train. This he did, mounted to the plat- form in safety, followed by the cheers of the bystanders and the somewhat hysterical laughter of some of the gentler sex. ALL PROPERTY OF EINSTEIN SEIZED (Ry Axsectated Press) BERLIN, Nov. 20.—Secret po- lice today ordered the seizure of \ all property of Dr. A'bert Einstein, ! famous physicist, and Mrs. Ein- [stein by virtue of a law for con- i { i | fiseation of communist property. was issued by County Solicitor J. F, Busto for the arrest of the de- fendants. They were arrested and each furnished bond of $500 for ap- pearance at the next term of crim- inal court. Saturday the cases were called. It was found neces- sary to secure more jurors and a special venire was issued return- able 9 o’clock this morning. Of those summoned and ex- amined this morning five were excused by the court for cause. The state exercised 24 peremptory challenges and the defense 10 be- fore the panel was secured as fol- lows: Aaron Diaz, Earl Hathaway, Henry A. Sands, William A. Lewis, Douglas Anderson and Charles T. Albury. Shortly before noon testimony for the state, furnished by Joseph Knight and Clyde Kight was in and Judge J. Vining Harris order- ed court recessed until 3 o’clock this_afternoon, Two witnesses are summoned for the*defénse, = Chief Deputy, Sheriff Clements Jaycocks and Deputy Enriquez Mayg. These officers made the arrests on the apias, and it is understood that they will be called. on to testify how many machines were captured when the arrests were made. While the information, regard- ing this phase of the matter was not forthcoming it is understood that in no case was there any slot machines of any description found by the officers. RITTER HEARING GETS UNDER WAY ANT WAS PAID SEVERAL THOUSANDS “ON DEBT” (Ry Associated Press) MIAMI, Nov, 20.—Testimony that he received $90,000 in fees receivership of the Whitehall hotel at Palm Beach, and that he later paid Federal Judge Halsted Ritter, his law partner, several thousand dol- lars “on a debt” was made by A. L. Rankin, of West Palm Beach, at the ho hearing today into the official con- duct of Judge Ritter. BUT ONE SERVICE SHIP IN HARBOR TILLMAN ARRIVED SATUR- DAY AND LEFT OUT AFT. ER SHORT STAY former judiciary subcommittee The U. S. S. Tillman arrived in port Saturday afternoon and aft- er a stay of a few hours put out to sea again. The Sturtevant was the only vessel of the navy in the harbor this afternoon. Coast Guard Cutter Saukee sailed 9 o'clock this morning out of the Northwest Channel, bound for St. Petersburg, Fia., on reg- ular patrol service. Coast Guard vessel 109 arrived in port yesterday. The Destroyer Reuben sailed yesterday for patrol off the Cuban coast. James duty the Tennessee Valley Authority, in announcing an early star of construction of the Norris dam said that 600 men may be working there by Christmas. Test borings to determine the nature of the foundation at the dam site were preliminary to prep- arations for clearing land that will be covered by water. Huge Dam Of Concrete The Norris dam will stand 236 feet above bedrock. It wil! be built of concrete strengthened by native stone from a quarry near- ii Four miles to the eastward, laborers are building a construc- tion camp that will house field engineers, clerical* staffs and structural workers. Homes for those permanently employed at the dam will be built in a “model town” near the temporary con- struction camp. Two hundred men have been busy making a topographical sur-; vey of the proposed reservior which will have a shore line 800 miles long. That will mean back- water extending 45 miles up the Clinch river and 25 up its trib- utary, the Powell river. Cc. C. C. Men Employed Four thousand members of the Civilian Conservation Corps, are; working at reforestation, flood| control and preservation of the soil in the Clinch river watershed, At the same time a detachment of 1,000 forest workers was moved to the 1,200-acre government reservation surrounding Nitrate Plant No. 2 at Muscle Shoals, Chairman Morgan says that $1,- 500,000 will be spent within the next two months for materials used in construction of the Norris dam and the transmission line. Fertilizer Production Proposed Some indication of the response valley cemmunities are giving the project is seen in applications by! 100 municipalities for hydro- | electric power. The Authority tentatively has! allocated $3,500,000 to $4,000,000 for a fertilizer plant. That in-! dustry may be centered around Nitrate Plant No. 2, a $69,000,000) war-time investment of the gov-| ernment, which is idle. | Mueh of the electric current will come from the power plant at Wil- }son dam which has a low-water jeapacity of 260,000 horsepower. | 112 PASSENGERS H The Steamer Cuba, of the P.| and QO. S. S. company, arrived from Havana Saturday afternoon 5:20 o'clock with 112 passengers and of jthese 69 were aliens. | } Many of those arriving from Cu- ba at this time are in the same} status with the Grau San Martin) jadministration as were a large! number who were here while Ma-} chado was president. | Freighter Alamo, of the de- Mallory Lines arrived in port th morning 3 o'clock from New York and sailed 6 o'clock for Tampa land Mobile. i | WHERE TO GO | eeccccccccesecscoscccs TONIGHT | Bayview Park—Di + Palace—“Back Page. Strand—“Female” ‘ay to Love.” Iw. Construction of Norris dam to employ hundreds of men within the near future. At the top is {city will be required to —pay for section of the Clinch river valley that will form the reservoir be- Below is a tunnel bored in the hill at the dam site to explore the rock foundation for the dam. ind the huge dam. jat the financial condition of Flor- ida cities. Every city and town in the state has been called upon to sup- jply information about its eurrent debts, bonds, tax assessments, un- paid taxes, and other municipal affairs. Form questionnaire: ve sent to principal municipal isiays, J.P. Newell, secretary to {Governor Sholtz, announced “for, the purpose of obtaining accurate| jand up-to-date information,” i Similar quegtionnaires were} sent to counties recently by Comp-} troller J, M. Lee, but a compila-| tion of the answers has not been! j completed. Court Decision The call made upon the cities is in line with a supreme court de- cision this week that the governor! thas authority to order audits of municipal accounts. The author- ity, however, is conditioned upon a definite fixing of the amount a: been offi-} near Knoxville, Tenn., is expected making the audit. Such audits must be made by the comptroller, or by agents appointed by him, and |the cost of it becomes an obliga- Nearly Twenty-Four Hundred Arrive Here ‘SECRETARY TO WELLES SPENDS SOJOURN HERE: ARRIVES ON SATURDAY AFT- ERNOON AND LEAVES ON} TRAIN ENROUTE TO WASH- INGTON James V.. Reeks, private secre- tary to Sumner Welles, the Ame can ambassador in Cuba, arrived on the Cuba Saturday afternon from Havana and left on the after- noon train for Washington. Mr. Reeks said he was not partic- ularly overjoyed at the situation ] idetailed statement regarding the} specific causes for his dissatisfac- tion. It is understood that he will await the arrival in Washington of mbasasdor Welles who is to go there and picture tle political sit- uation, as he sees it, for the State Department. GOES TO MIAMI WILL CONFER WITH H. L. DO- HERTY ON MATTERS OF STATEWIDE INTEREST H. Malone left yes- oon for Miami and of a number of Fior- il confer with H. L. rs pertaining to Mayor V of business condi-} ces will extend several days, and, mayor told The ts to return Wednesday. to He tion upon the city. The governor's! jauthority was set out by the su-| |preme court in deciding that he| jhad the right to order an audit of the municipal affairs of Avon e | Park, Area of a city, its number of} owns public utilities, and the net jrevenue from such municipally- ‘owned utilities in 1931, 1932 and] |1933 were among the questions; old home folk arrived| Saturday |Set out in the form letter Newell, Another throng of friends and and Sunday from points on the! East Coast to spend the week-end | in Key West, their smiles and { | other signs of happiness indicat- | ing a delightful visit. While there were a great many j young folks among them the older | generation: was more generally! represented than on the excursion | of four weks ago. Especially was this moticeablé in those coming in | Saturday, when approximately 50 percent of the visitors were ap- )} parently past middle age. The number arriving Saturday was 947, just 47 more than was estimated by railroad officials. On the excursion train came 711 and on the regular Train 75 there were 236. Yesterday the first train brought 1,066 and the second train 40, making 1,406 for the day For both Saturday and Sunday the total was 53 or 2,377 less than arrived four weeks ago when the total was 4,730. Among the arrivals were a num- ber of Key Westers who ha. away from their home city periods of time ranging from j few weeks to several years. | Seen by The Citizen were E Mullins, Morris Aronovitz, € Aronovitz, Morris Rubin, Isadore Markovitz, Mrs. Joseph Plummer !Mrs. Mamie Acherson, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Roker, Wesley Shan han, A. Parra, Captain J Adams, Phil Henson, Miss De thy Davis, Miss Fey Frow, Mixx Claribel Contreras, Mr. Mrs. A. Aurelio Torres, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Kemp, Mr. and Mrs. Ra: mond Higgs, Mr. and Mrs. Ai been for a Collier, Mrs, Clara Thompson, son: the and daughter, B. Frow. George Lowe, Ed Goehring, Miss Cuca Domenech, Mrs. Al. Barker, L. Sawyer, Jack Maloney and Mr.) Al and Mrs. John Demeritt. With but a few exceptions, all of those coming here. rned to their homes Saterday and yester- } Was accompanied by Mrs. Malone. day afternoon, land pe ent to city clerks, Covers Many Subjects On taxation, the information} asked assessed valuation for 1931, 2 and 1933, in real 1 property, delinquent past y and the | debt and nd investments and cash hand also were called for, in addition to information on | the unts of special assessment) sand debts other than bonds. amount of bonds indefault,| iso was asked, together’ unt of bond interest} ny, and the time the’ ‘ault occurred, ed the city officials urn their answers to the questionnaire as quickly as pos- sible, 19 On taxes ars, jmillage levied for 1931, 1932 and 11933. Figures on bonded sinking on if any, with the LONG RANGE PLAN IS RECOMMENDED | j transferring the needy from relief to fulltime fullpaid jobs, > As reports of transfers came to the new civil works administration which, how- ever, did not have sufficient figures to estimate the total |of new jobs, plans were be- ing made for other relief steps in an announced effort to get 4,000,000 back to work within the next month. A'number of prominent women were invited to a White House conference at noon today with Mrs. Roose. velt to consider needs of un- employed women. At the same time rep- resentatives of the public works administration’: were continuing! discussions with railroad officials $f another new plan whith | earriers would Obtain public works money if they agreed im- mediately to put men on re- pair jobs, WORK PARTY BACK ON SAND KEY JOB LIGHTHOUSE CREW SPENT WEEK-END IN KEY WEST; MAKING REPAIRS The working party at Sand Key lighthouse scaling, chipping and painting the structure and doing repair work, left this morning on Power Boat 32 to resume activi- ties after spending the week-end in Key West. In the party are M. M. Russell, foreman; C. F. Russell, cook; Frank Wood, Hastings Roberts, L. T. Bragassa, Sam Collins, C. P. Watkins, Ronald Baker, George Sweeting and Bert Lowe. Andrew Albury, keeper at Tor- tugas light, and W. L. Bierer, as- TOWARD PROGRESS "<5 0". (aes, a | PUBLIC WORKS ADMINISTRA-| TION WOULD CREATE SEN- TIMENT FOR BUILDING) LOOKING TO FUTURE ai j (My Asneciated Prenat j 0. stration en-} » create sentiment j planning, Henry} ser for region nine} emergency adminis-| ublic works, today told} the meeting here of of the} ates chamber of com-| a tosh, who is editor of the eorgia, Herald, said pub-} “ administration is sug-| gest the community that builds f aledictions of , re and in future generatic the city for several days, will ave tomorrow morning for the ight in Power Boat 31 which will also carry material. Tender Poinciana, which was at work on the east coast placing and changing beacons on the intra- coastal waterway from Hillsbero j Z The pub-| Inlet to Miami, returned Saturday afternoon. GOOD REASONS LONDON—Mrsa. E. T. Allen of this city had her hesband arrested for wrecking her auto because he was jealous over her taking another man for a ride. 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