The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 4, 1933, Page 1

“Associated Press Day Wire Service VOLUME LIV. No. 287. Peak Price In Buying G Maintained For Third Day Dollar Still Shows New Strength On Foreign Ex- 3 System. (By Associated Press) ‘i WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.— Government gold buying en- tered its sixth full week to- day with its peak price of $34.01 an ounce maintained - forthe third,: consecutive * day as the: dollar ‘showed , new strength in foreign ex- - changes. old FISH PRODUCERS OF FLORIDA WILL MEET IN GULEPORT REPRESENTATIVES OF EVERY LOCALITY TO ATTEND WITH VIEW OF APPROVING CODE OF FAIR COMPTITION (Special to The Citizen) NAPLES, Fla., Dec. 4.—The opening session of, the first. an- nual convention. .of the . Florida Fish Producers Association will, be held in Gulfport on, December..8, The Kep IN SELECTION OF NEW COUNCTLMEN MUCH . SPECULATION RELA.| TIVE TO .WHQ WILL BE NAMED TO FILL VACAN- CIES; NONE APPLY AS YET “Can you give us any idea of {who will be'the councilmen to fill the places of those who have re- signed?” is the question that is being asked by hundreds of citi- zens today. It has been asked of The Citizen by phone, and directly, at least 50 times since the meeting of they council ‘Friday night when three; vacancies were created, but at no time has this paper been in a po- sition to do other than surmise. There are a number of rumors ’ est me Laka) Atizsen KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1933. . Japan Anxious About Dollar * : | Seeing It As:-Recovery Index, ‘Says Aged Finance ‘Minister By GLENN BABB pad (By Aawectates. Press) Keeps Eye On NRA: ° TOKYO, Dec. 4.—President| pececcccsceccocsecse Roosevelt’s monetary policies are watched with “especial anxiety” by the people of Japan, Korekiyo Takahashi, the 79-year-old finance minister and former premier, said here in a strong plea for cari stabilization of world currencies.{ Toward .the gigantic effort of} the NRA the attitude of Japan is} I one of mingled hope and fear, Mr. Takahashi continued—hope that it will revive American purchasing power and thereby restore Japan’s richest market; and fear lest tariffs imposed to safeguard American industry operating un- der codes, will curtail the boom- ing expansion of Japanese trade. || Calls Dollar, World Key : Without waiting. for the inter- |. Today's quotation for RFC} with officials in attendance... All ‘purchases was announced fishermen are invited, Omah A. shortly; after Acting Serce- Clarke, president of, the . associa- 4 viewer to broach the subject, Mr. Takahashi opened. comment on the gyrations of the dollar. He spoke in the air naming some very prob- able possibilities and others so far away from what could be consider- _ tary Morgenthau returned to _ his office from his Thanks- _ giving day holiday, and a lit- tle before President Roose- velt reached his desk at the White House. ; “Last week, the RFC boost- ed an offer for newly mined domestic gold 25 cents. During the time the dollar showed unusual’ strength ad, a trend that contin- A € Me tion, will -preside and new offi-j cers for the coming year will be elected. Delegates and officers of the association will meet at the Boca Ciega Inn, at 4:30 p. m., Decem- ber 7, where they will register their credentials with the state secretary, Walter H. Green. At 7:30 p.m. they will attend a banquet, which will be followed by an. informal meeting where af- fairs of the association will be discussed. Following the convention, on December 9, the fish producers and shrimp catchers of the state will assemble there in an effort ‘te adopt a. code of fair competi- tion that has been written for the psouthern states. Each locality is te sent to Washington fot Gen, Hugh| * to the office of tax'collector-adses- sor at the city election held on No- es id, duties of ais position this afternoon. to send a representative to ‘meeting and it is, possible the ode'can be approved and Johsnon’s signature. Mr. Clarke stated that he has just returned frém Washington where he spent four weeks with the NRA officials and. represen- tatives of the fishing industry of the United States. He said “It is very important that the fishermen and shtimp catchers of Florida at- tend code hiks already been written and is ready for the acceptance of the fishermen. The delay encounter- this meeting as a tentative] | ed as reasonable selections, as to be absurd, in the opinion of those who are in touch with the situa- tion According to the viewpoint of quite a few who have had the question of the new council mem- bers under discussion, no matter who is selected there will never be an harmonious whole created, a body without friction. The only question is, will coun- cil be, as was declared after the last election, that is, divided four ! to three, five to two, or six to one. When selections ate to be made will be announced soon; one -mem- ber of the council said today. At present there are no, applications on file, it was said, but it is under- stood that several will be made. py | lala FOUR ARE TWO INJURED ALSO WHEN TRAIN CRASHES INTO ROCK SIDE ; joe oe were killed i —Four perso: | vigorously and incisively, using Japanese for the most part, but breaking into clear-cut English when the “interpreter failed to drive home a point. “The first requisite for " provement of world trade is stabilization of. exchange. rates.’” Mr. Takahashi said. “For this with especial anxiety the monetary experiments conducted by Presi- dent Roosevelt. “Stabilization of the dollar would contribute more than any other single factor to dissipation of the present chaos and un- certainty in the world trade situation. “Until exchanges are stabilized all trade is speculative. This evil must be eliminated. It enters in- to the industrial life of each nation, into the political decisions of governments.’ Thus it directly sffects the welfare’of the comnion people of every nation. Regrets Tariff Walls “The remedy for this situation lies primarily within the power of the American government; to a less extent it depends on the gov- ‘|ernments of Great Britain, France, Germany and Italy. “The economic recovery of Japan is closely linked with the NRA gnd the outlook for early enforcement of its provisions for tariff barriers against imports threatening American industries im- 4 reason we in Japan are watching} © ; | ee | \ | t | seas commerce, although for the first nine months of 1933 it was ;39 per cent larger in yen values | than for the corresponding period of 1982. “Our economic recovery is well! underway, but is still confined to certain industries and classes. | Distress ptevails in the country- jside and fishing villages and genuine prosperity can not be |said to have returned until pur- KOREKIYO TAKAHASHI Korekiyo Takahashi, veteran Japanese minister of finadte,, says stabilization of the dollar “would: restore” order” to trade. © Site “his election. Mr. Pinder) ed in haying this code established |. “has been awaiting the arrival of has caused thousands of dollars under its codes. We are waiting to see how far this will exclude ;chasing power is restored to our) aad two injured when a great ; ;millions of small farmers and © the required bond. ‘This arrived| "today and was approved at a special meeting “of the counéil! dim, who held the of- _ fice, by ‘appointment, up to the election, and has been the incum- ed Mr. * 4 ee OTHER EMPLOYES OF LIGHT. HOUSE DEPARTMENT “RETURN ——- _° Carl Rom, senior radio electri- clan with the lighthouse depart- ment, arrived from Tortugas Sat-' urday on Power Boat 31, in charge ef Andrew Albury, keeper — at. Tortugas light. Others coming up-on the. vessel ‘were five employes who were at of loss to this important industry, as well as poverty and suffering to many. citizens,” Tt is stated that the meeting to be held in Gulfport on Decem- ber 9 is not a meeting of the Flor- ida Fish Producers Association alone, but a meeting of all fisher- men, and their associations and Fottag the ede approved. SOUTH ENJOYS SNOW AND RAIN REPORTED IN NORTHERN NEW ENG- LAND STATES (By Associated Press) Snow and rain were re- potted today in the Rocky Mountain region, northern New England states and some sections of Canada, while Bos- ton, New York, Toledo and Chicago had some rain with Northern freight train crash- ed into a rock slide at Milan, Wash., near here late last night. The dead were the engi- neer, fireman and two brake- men. The injured were a ductor and another brake- ONE GOVERNMENT VESSEL LEAVES ANOTHER SAILING WITH ONE LEFT LOCAL HARBOR | TODAY | IN The U. S. Destroyer MacFar- land sailed last night for the Isle} of Pines, after being in port for! one week. | The Destroyer Bainbridge is} to sail sometime today and this) Japanese manufacturers “It is a regrettable feature of our present foreign trade boom, the foreign trade boom and. to that it is producing a tendency] activity in steel, chemicals and throughout the world to raise walls, other industries producing mili- against Japanese goods. For this tary supplies in fulfillment of the reason we can not be optimistic replenishment programs of the over the outlook for our over- army and navy.” | fishermen. The revival thus far is due to Civil’ Works Board Expends $8,500 In Key West During Last Week In Work Program’ Disbursements Saturday] to employes on the Civil | Works Administration pro-| jects, amounted, for the} week, to approximately | Pa.ROD. Pott gyal rons gonesg This is about $3,500 less | vantageously placed along a nu: than was heretofore disburs-| ber of streets preparatory to th cork and as soon as word is re- ed on Emergency Relief pay |ceived to start, but a few addi- Two of the very important projects, 1g an expen- diture of more than $80,000, are repairs to the city streets and construction of the aquarium. Streets are to be repaired, sand- LOAN TO TRUST COMPANY NEVER RENEWED, CLAIM OFFICIALS, HOWEVER, RE- GARD TRANSACTION WITH CENTRAL REPUBLIC BANK AS DEMAND NOTE (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Dec. $90,000,000 loan by the RFC to \jthe Central Republic Bank and Trust Company of Chicago, head- ed by former Vive President Charles Dawes, nas never been re- newed by the corporation. Simultaneous with this disclos- ure, it was learned today, how- ever, that the corporation officials now regard the loan as having a status of 8 demand note. Although Chairman Jones or other officials declined to discuss the matter publicly, it was under- stood’ on the highest authority that the note was not considered in default. While considered as a note that could: be called anytime, it point- ed out the corporation has never called any overdue loans. The loan, made in December, 1932, was originally for six months, has been reduced to slight- ly more than $62,000,000. LINDY DELAYED IN PLANE HOP UNFAVORABLE WEATHER IN. TERRUPTS~ SCHEDULE: TO TRY TONIGHT (By Associated Press) BATHURST, Gambia, Dec. 4. tempts in the still tropical moon- light to get their big monoplane off the water, Colonel and. Mrs. Charles Lindbergh indicated day they might try again tonight to get off for South America. Twice under a broiling sun yes- terday the’ American fliers were balked in. efforts to hop westward because of unfavorable winds and too heavy # load of fuel. FLORIDA BRINGS 66 PASSENGERS FREIGHTER AGWIDALE AR- RIVED IN PORT THIS MORN. ING FROM NEW YORK The Steamer Florida of the P. and O. S. S,-company, arrived Saturday afternoon from Havana with 66 passengers. Of this num- ber, 38 were aliens. Freighter Agwidal of the Clyde-Mallory Lines, arrived 6:10 o'clock this morning from New York and after discharging freight, sailed for Tampa and Mo- bile. The S. 8. Sen Leon arrived yes- terday from London, berthed at the Porter Dock company, took ov 62 tons of fuel oil and sailed for ‘Puerta, Mexico. Yacht Dr. Brinkley, which was at the Porter Dock for water and supplies, sailed this morning for Corpus Christi, Texas, where the 4—A; For 58 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key, West PRICE FIVE CENTS Congressional Committee Begins Task Of Revising Government Tax Structure ELGIN EMPLOYED BY CIVIL WORKS ADMINISTRATION APPOINTED PURCHASING OF- FICER FOR LOCAL COUNCIL; Efforts Directed At In- crease Of Federal In- come By Four Hundred Million Annually (By Associated Pregs) WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.— ESTABLISHES OFFICE AT) The big job of revising the COUNTY COURT HOUSE A. C, Elgin has been appointed purchasing officer for the local council of the Civil Works Admin- istration and has his office on tax structure to. increase the federal income by $400,000,- 000 annually, .was tackled today by-the house ways and means committee. This...congressional unit the second floor of the county court house in the suite of rooms occupied by the county engineer and ferry auditor. Others associated with Mr. El- gin are Clifford G. Hicks, office manager and Harold Pinder, sec- retary-clerk, who for many years served in a like capacity with the Porter-Allen Insurance coripany. All proposals for the purchase of materials are issued from the office. When bids ave received they are turned in here and then sent to Tallahassee. From headquarters in that city the contracts are. .awarded and checks in payment for the ma- terials purchased are also sent from the capital. ROOSEVELT BACK IN WASHINGTON VACATION SPENT AT WARM SPRINGS (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.— reached o'clock today from a two week's ‘wa- cation at Warm Spri: Ga. With Mrs. Roosevelt he stopped a moment on the rear President Roosevelt Washington . at 11 aan which originates all revenue measures had before it re- commendations of the sub- committee which has con- ducted an exhaustive study of methods by which income tax may be administered to bring extra revenue without increasing rates. It. will consider also liquor taxes following repeal in a joint session with the senate finance committee. The treasury informed the committee it would not have its proposals ready until De- cember 15. ween pECeseanes es (ny Associated ‘easy WASHINGTON,|Dec. 4.— Jefferson Chffery, assistant secretary of state, announced after a call upon President Roosevelt today that he would platform of the special train leave for his post as ambassa- of work scraping, painting and re- | tional preparations will be neces-|owner, Dr. J. R. Brinkley, will pairing light structures and other buildings on the island. Tender Poppy sailed this morn- ing for Tampa Bay to construct front and rear range lights at Mullet Key. The yessel returned 7:30 o'clock Saturday night from the reefswith H. B. Haskins, assistant superin-| tendent of lighthouses, who in- spected Sombrero Key and Ameri- can Shoals lighthouses. NUGGET AS TUITION SALT LAKE CITY—A_ gold! nugget worth $25 was accepted by} University of Utah authorities in} this city as tuition fees for Mary Nesbit, Remperatures ranging up to 40. Northern Manitoba again was classed in a zero tempera- ture range, while the south- land of the United States gen- as will leave the J. Fred Talbot, the Tolls for an entire month aft- : | }sary, it is shown, only, service ship in port. ter the allotments were raised) jt js also expected that a site| Orders were received diverting; fz ivi | 2 for the aquarium will be located the Antares from arriving at Key|{from $8,000 to $12,000 ; for th eT ee bres {West today or tomorrow. The) monthly. vessel will first go to sennteggear>| daft nloadit will 3 nora wag aca * Agena i administration council this morn- \ for Key West. gear et ;| ing that this amount will be appre- This ship is a cargo carrier and" ;. Fige ates der ters is for| “bly increased next week when we ied 2. ah espa tee Vohee other projects are started. the sole ar of servicin, ‘ } re Bie states *| At this tinie several of the pro-| are acceptable to the mortgagees. | ~— \jects authorized are underway, | a _____ eet ; | In the opinion of those who! and @thers are to be started as . ‘ rn — 1 i setiaibandl i chiatoed have these projects in charge all | | Fitted by us will be compounded ington office, through Tallahas-| within a few days and the idea of | from the freshest, purest and full! ***- President Roosevelt of having all) i th One of the drawbacks to speedy |.) bodied will te do. se,! json tee: laction, it ix shown, s the need to {sito men. willing te dos |GARDNER’S: PHARMACY, order och of the materia! to be| part of| PHONE 177 iused, from dealers outside of Key | December will be realized in Mon- West, through local concerns. roe county. property, on Front street, which is considered the logical location, | may be made available if plans! now under way to settle the ques-| jtion of the outstanding mortgage} Tt was said at the offices of the | join the vessel and sail on his an- nual cruise. e WHERE TO GO Secccccceseososesesess TONIGHT Palace—‘Sunny Side Up.” Strand—“After Tonight” “The Kennel Marder Case.” TOMORROW Strand—"King For A Night” and “After Tonight.” and FREE FOK PULLING CHAMBERSBURG, It. — To any one caring te pull them, Don Irving, farmer, of this city, has offered free turnips, to pose for pictures before de- parting for the White House. dor to Cuba the middle next month. British Cabinet Confronted WithImportant Problems Of Issue: Of Irish Free, State BECOME FROZEN (By Associated Press) PARIS, Dec. 4.—Several deaths reported in France today as « cold wave swept all Europe. Lakes of Paris froze for the first time this year. CIVIL WORKS UNIT KEPT QUITE BUSY FRONTED WITH MANY RE- PORTS ON ACTIVITIES (fy Assortated Press) TALLAHASSEE, Dee. 4.—The Civil Works Administration hur- tied through stacks of statistical reports today toward a definite | determination of the. number of) jmen employed and their payroll| of last week on government fi- | nanced projects. | Reports. now incomplete will) [ Probabiy be made public tomor-; bows i On TOA; cabinet wrestled nearly two hours today in « special mecting with problems arising from the crisis between the Irish Free State and the British Commonwealth of the sation. Ministers had before them a dis- patch from President Eamonn De Valera of the Irish Free State sent the dominion’s secretary, J. H- Thomas. In it, De Velore was understood to have said he ic waiting for « statement regarding what) weuld be the British government's at- titude toward a declaration of the Irish Republic. It was generally expected that the cabinat’s reply would be dis- patched todey, and contents of this answer will be disclosed in com- mons tomorrow. STRAND THEATER Constance Bennett in William Powell-Mary Astor in THE KENNEL MURDERCASE Matinee: Balcony, 10c; Orches- tra, 15-200; Night, 16-25¢