The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 6, 1933, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service VOLUME LIV. No.289. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, The Kep West Citwen 1933. For 63 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West PRICE FIVE CENTS Two Trainmen Killed With’/Want To:Be A Lightning Bolt?--It’s Easy! [BIG CONFLAGRATION IN Many Injured In Collision Edward Kuhn, Engineer, And W. H. Jordan, Jr., Fireman, Are Victims Of Crash (iy Asnociatea Press) Fredericksburg, Virginia. Dec. 6.—T wo trainmen were killed, and five others se-; verely injured . and sev- ‘pe ssengers slightly ‘a collision of a COOPERATION IS BEING SOUGHT IN HOLIDAY MAILING POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT’ REQUESTS PATRONS TO MAIL PARCELS EARLY AND ‘WRAPPED SECURELY ‘The U.S. post office department is) ‘as usual at this-season of the; ind on the! year,: asking» the »eooperation of ’ Fredericksburg the publie in handling the enor- ‘The southbound freight had been derailed an instant before by a landslide which Pushed the southbound freight over onto the north- bound tracks on which the flier bound from Jackson- ville to Washington was Passing. The dead are Edward Kuhn, engineer, and W. H. Jordan, junior fireman, of the passenger train. ~ Both] lived at Richmond. TOTAL NUMBER ISSUED BY CITY WAS 828; TO FORCE AYMENT — There are approximately 200 automobiles in Key West that have not been provided with ¢ity license tags, is the éstimae of City Clerk. Wallace Pinder, i Up until this afternoon the num- mous amount'of* mail going through during the “holidays. Shop early and mail early is fone‘ of the chief admonitions of) the department. Use strong pa- per, heavy twine, wrap and pack securely, all packages. Extreme care should be exer- eised in the preparation of articles that can be easily bfoken. Cigars wrapped in ordinary paper will not be accepted. Use a cor- rugated paper package and extra paper wrapper. Mark all pack- ages containing breakable articles, | parcels; the; fragile. Also mark all containing perishables _ with word perishable plainly shown. Addresses should be complete in“every way. A return address showld be shown on every piece of mail. Do not mail cards in red, green or other dark colored envelopes. No parcel of more than 100 ‘inches in length and girth com- bined nor exceeding 70 pounds in weight be accepted. ‘Use «special: delivery stamps when speed is required. How- ever special delivery does not in- sure safety. To be sure of the diticle reaching destination, it should be registered. Insure and register all mail of pvalue. Sealed, registered first class mail is received and’ ine demnity up-to $1,000 is now paid in <confiéction with ~ domestic registered and c. o. d. registered PARENT-TEACHER ASSN. OFFICERS ARRIVE IN CITY ber sold reached 828,. and thes of future . les. grow dimmer as the days pass and buyers do not purchase, Stern. measures are to be adopt- ed) says ChiéfIvan Elwood, to enforce ownérs of autos.to pur- chase tags or keep their cars off the street; at all times. ‘Within ‘& few days orders are to: be issued; says*the chief, for the traffic ‘officer and patrolmen to “advise alt 'drivers of cars with. out the city license to purchase, tags, keep their cars off the or be arrested, : Only one warning will be given * to nen-purchasers of licenses, it is uderstood; and the next time the cat appears without a license, the driver will be arrested. EXPENDITURES “BY CIVIL WORKS BOARD REPORTED SHOWS AUTHORIZED EXPEN- VISITORS COME IN ON MORN- ING TRAIN FOR PURPOSE ‘OF HOLDING SESSION IN | KEY WEST > Mts. H. M. Callman, director ‘of the Thirteenth District of the Parent-Teachers Association of Florida, was an arrival on the mortiing train tofhold a session} nect the spheres and use all this tive allotments of liquor imports Just Hop By HOWARD W. BLAKESLEE (Associated Press Science Editor) CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec. 6.—A man can explode with ja 5,000,000-volt human lightning flash—if he is careless—in working Massa- chusetts Tech’s new atom- smashing gun. This risk of human explosion is unique, the first time man has faced this particular hazard. The atom-smashing charge, 10,- is accumulated on es of two polish- ed, hollow aluminum _ spheres mounted high above the ground. Each sphere stores continuously a 5,000,000-volt charge, or half the total. It’s Safe Inside The only “safe” place while these two giants are firing charges at each other is.inside the spheres. That, curiously enough, is ab- solutely safe, except for the re- mote hazard that some scientist | inside. will get absent-minded and go wandering out through the laboratory manhole. The electricity forming the 10,- 000,000-yolt. current is stored ex- jclusively on the outside of the spheres. But the men_ working inside are under an electrical ten- sion equal to the voltage outside their own sphere. Their bodies are charged with 5,000,000 volts. They do not even feel this charge. It is harmless because it has no place to go. Don’t Stick Out A Finger! The atom-smashers are in an electrical tension world as safe as the earth, but one.‘so small— 15 feet in diameter—that only about one, second is-needed to get out of it. “If,they so much as stick out one finger it would give off a 5,000,000-volt flash. If they fell out, their bodies would strike the ground with flashes roaring like big guns. For two reasons the chances of Scientists Can’t Feel Their 5,000, num spheres supported on tall insulat “lightning flash.” INFORMATION Is GIVEN REARDING this accident are. remote. The workers are securely housed in before the current is turned on. After the current: is shut off it] takes only a few seconds for the| 5,000,000, volts in the body toj leap away into the air. After this leakage there is no danger. Voltage Generated Quickly The record-breaking electric; charges are built up inexpensively from small generators which spray electricity upon endless paper belts a yard wide, running over ‘a pulley up into the spheres. The belts speed a mile a minute. A fine wire at their upper ends draws the electrical charge off the belt. It takes only a few seconds to build each sphere up | to 5,000,000 volts, One is nega- tive, the other positive, so that the voltage between them is 10,- 000,000. This gives a continuous flow of} 10 times the power of any direct jcurrent ever before generated. A great vacuum tube will con- with the local organizations, [charge to generate atom-smash-| Accompanying Mrs.» Callman were Mrs. C. F, Parvin, third vice president and Mrs. E. L. Thayer, fourth vice president of the State Congress of the P.-T. A., and Mrs./ E. T. Thomas, membership chair-| man of he Thirteenth District. | Upon. arrival the visitors were met ‘by a committee of the Key West associations composed of Mrs. G. N. Goshorn, Mrs. Sebas- tian Cabrera, Jr., Mrs. ivan Fl- wood, Mrs. Charles H. Ketchum and Mrs, Enrique Henriquez. They were escorted to the Del- monico Restaurant for luncheon ing rays, having energies in excess} jof anything previously known.! Scientists will work inside the! spheres at both ends of this tube.| Rea eyes CHANGE NAME: —_— | | Herman Wolkowsky and wife,! | Bertha Wolkowsky, have had their! names changed and are now known as Mr. and Mrs, Herman Wall. This action was done in circuit) LIQUOR IMPORTS SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON ac! Questioned TROL OF PRODUCT OUT-| LINES PROCEDURE COVER- ING ALL APPLICATIONS (By Associ LOS ANGELES, Dec. 6.—Dr. W. Dewey Wightman, prominent physician, was shot and beaten to Information relative to the ap-| death in his palatial home over- plications required for permits to import alcoholic liquors prior to January 31, 1934, has sued by the president’s ; : committee on liquor control. | haired wife, : To insure prompt action on the Murse. “I didn’t hear or see any- issue of import permits Dr. James} thaleepa on Ce pele eeaemens he i. Doth ible Joner of indus-{ Police could get from the woman, | looking Silver Lake early today. been is-| Detectives took into custody special for questioning his attractive red- Josephine, former tube to batter at the secret of the atom. The diagram shows the principle of the device. ing in each tube, though charged with 5,000,000 volts, will not feel the shock, but should one of them jump out of a manhole in the side when the sphere is charged, ‘the result- would be a human 000. Volt Shock THREE MORE NEW Massachusetts Tech's new atom-smashing gun develops its charge on two queer-looking alumi- rs, then shooting a 10,000,000-volt charge through a vacuum Men work- Prendient Physician Shot And Beaten To Death; Wife By Authorities inter Neighbors. sald the couple had returned from a social visit a short while before they heard the shot, {and notified ‘the police. Beside the-body of the physi- cian, who was fully clothed, lay a 22 calibre rifle, its stock broken. Police said the man had been struck repeatedly with the weapon and a bullet from it pierced his body. A hanimer was also found in the room, The couple are the parents of three children. trial alcohol, has been designated} —— by the acting secretary of the} treastiry, and R. C. Miller, chief. of the foreign trade section of the Agriculture adjustment ad-) ministration, to make the tenta- for the initial post repeal trade. Method of applying for these! import allotments has been de-} termined. These requests to} cover the period from december COUNTY BOARD 6 to January 31 must be ad-) dressed directly to the temporary liquor import “committee, bureau} of industrial alcohol, treasury de-) partment, at Washington. | A questionnaire has been pre-} pared for which the sworn ans-| wers will constitute the applica- tion for the period prior to/first for the month of December, January. 31, 1934. | will be held 8 o'clock tonight in The regular meeting of the board ‘of county commissioners, Mother, Father And Two MEETS TONIGHT) | for whom they <scrificed | tives, were burned to death early Children Barn To I Death (By Associated Press) GLACE BAY, Nova Scotia, Dec. 6.—Trapped by a fire, a man and his wife and two of their children their | today as fimmes consumed their | two-story frame home. The dead were Sam Aucoin, There has not been time to is-'the office of County Clerk Ross! ~ MANY BUSINESS HOUSES Blaze Consumes Quarter Of Block In Business District; State Theater Among Ruins LOCAL PROJECTS START TOMORROW ACTIVITIES WILL BE AT CITY (By Associated Press) HALL, COUNTY, COURT): “PALLAHASSER, Dec. 6. HOUSE, JAIL AND BAND'__A quarter of a block of STAND AT BAYVIEW PARK} Tallahassee’ssbusimess ‘prop- : erty at Adams street and Three activities will be started| College avenue was destroy- tomorrow under the Civil Works|€d@ by fire today. There was no:-immediate official estimate of the dam- station, repairs to county court sn de but it is expected to run jail. and the|into several hundred thous- project to repair and model the| and dollars. No one was band stand in Bayview Park and] reported injured. beapisty See groupes: The buildings in the quar- Ralph Russell, well known con- b tractor, has peen appomted con- ter. block were completely struction supervisor of these pro-| destroyed as roofs caved in. jects and told The Citizen they ‘ ; ‘ will be started tomorrow morning| © ‘arge electric sign in at the regular work hour pré-|front of the state theatre Administration council. Repairs to city hall and fire department house and county seribed by the regulations. . B. C. Moreno, supervising con- collapsed, pulling down the struction engineer, today went| front of the building, and the over the proposed plans and list of men to be put te work by Mr. theatre, the principal amuse- Russell and decided they have aj ment center here, was com- good selection of skilled and un- estro: with skilled labor with which to start ade red sing: s the project. j several adjacent buildings, s A good showing is being made} <The Tallahassee Democrat on the repairs and painting of ‘ the state cs Ys teatgeettal building nearby was damag- of Battery Florida Nationalled from water. Guard. All of the material for this pro- ject arrived yesterday over the STRONG WINDS East Coast and there is nothing jj now to hinder the rapid progress a Leo Warren, construction super- F visor, is in charge of this project, a : with three painters, one carpenter and three laborers at work. Others, Nees nt ld Sia serra ote it is said, will be added to the APALACHICOLA TO CE- present force as the need arises. DAR KEYS TODAY START DRIVE FOR es (By os) CHRISTMAS FUNDS WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.—The weather bureau today issued the following warning: “Advisory: Northwest storm The local Salvation army is is-| warnings ordered 11 a. m. from suing an appeal to the public for| Apalachicola to Cedar Keys, and fands to provide Christmas baq-|Jacksonvile to Virginia Capes. kets for the poor of the city, which| Disturbance over eastern Louisiana is an annual event of: thisorgant-| will move northeastward with in- zation. tensity and cause fresh to strong It is specifically stated by those} seythwest winds shifting to strong having the matter in charge, that| northwest between Apalachicola no one on the ,emergnecy: reliefj and Cedar Keys this afternoon, be~ roll will be given any, aid in.the}tween Charleston early. tonight drive being made to furnish the} and between Charleston and Vir- annual dinner to those who are| ginii Capes\late tonight.” shown to be in need. Strict attention will be given THIRD SET OF TEETH this matter, it is shown, and only -_—__— those deserving will be provided] ATHENS, Ga—Mra, Frank T. for in the Christmas baskets given| Doster of this city has her third out. natural set of teeth. Lindberghs Cover 1,875 rghs Cover 1, Miles In Fifteen Hours (By Associated Presa) Dec. 6.—) Atlantic in 15 hours and 53 Charles | minutes. Lindbergh, completing their It was a leisurely tpi Rig! flight lin which Lindbergh did not ig’ : ing his big plane, capable north ‘Africa, landed at Natl of makiig at least 160 miles sue these questionnaires and the! | Mrs. Addie Aucoin, Josie, 11, and ws only form available here at this! | Harold,’ seveli; Ry Rey bet“ ta thew: Uitien of GR) hate fromthe mepnlnr zonting yeas Ubibia baron abot | Teasons” the records were sealed! Goshorn; deputy collector at Key) business there are no other matters} Se eee eee Igdeig kas judge. _ | West. | scheduled for consideration, | beyond ‘reeugnition, were found Mr. Wolkowsky is now a resi-! here are 25 questions to be STE \within a few. feet of the NEW YORK, Colonel and , Mrs. and afterward held their business; court this week by order of Judge Sawyer. session in the auditorium of Mon-} Worth Trammel, and for roe high schoci. VETERANS’ CAMP DITURES TO DATE OVER FIVE MILLION DOLLARS; COMMITTEE MET TODAY (My Associated Press) TALLAHASSEE, Dec. 6.—The state Civil Works Executive Com- front} transatlantic pt ot Miami, thn there | subscribed and sworn to on~the door through ‘which the some years ago from Key West. Jvestionnaire and there is not one eccececccesccevccccoees | Phase of the import liquor busi- mother t and father carried two of their mittee in session today after © a week's recess had a report laid be- fore it showing the Civil Works Administration to date has author-| B, H, MeCalla Camp 5, 953, ficers last night. NAMES OFFICERS) US. W.} ised an expenditure of $5,460,-/ V, held the annual election of of-/ For the fourth} WHERE TO GO Soeccccecccesesecos TONIGHT Recreational Hall of Congrega- Of this amount. $4,185,575. has; consecutive time C. H.. Ketchum tional Church—Views of Chicago} been allotted for labor costs. The! was elected post commander. t remainder was Spent for materials. Other officers elected were W.} Exposition. Strand—*“Take a Chance” and! The committee was told by its S_ Evans, senior vice commander; } “Horse Play.” engineers in the report of approv-/ George Wells, junior vice com- ed projects it would take approxi-'mander; George Spencer, quafter- mately 11,000,000 man hours of! master and adjutant, and C, J. the state’s allocation of about 29,-/Peet was elected as a member! 900,000, jof the board of trustees. j TOMORROW Palace—“Riders, of Destiny.” Strand—“The Mad Game” and, ‘ake A Chance.” i | porter that is not covered by the) children, and raced back in a fran- jspreadly flames to little beds, lwhere others awaited rescue. ness tor the intentions of the im-| questions. ' | The U. S. Destroyer Goff ar-| Saccessfully they battled their ts e i oon| ¥Sy through emcke and flames rived te. pont rectertay SPinete) Sika dias of ol doak was tae jfrom the coast of Cuba, and Betty, nine, and Buddy, five. They lberthed at Pier B at the navaligere halted by the flames and station taking a supply of “fuelj overcome by smoke. joil, {The bodies. were clove together, | Other ships of the goveramentithe mother clasping the body of [service in the harbor today are/ Josie, while Harold was held by the Destroyer J. Fred Talbot and| the father. ‘the Coast Guard Cutter Saukee.! Causeof thé fire is not known. em is —~ 33 “7 al, Brazil, this morning, *+an hour. message to the Pan Ameri-| The average flying speed can Airways said. jon the trip was 118 miles an The flying colonel and his hour. wife, who gave him invalu- ” STRAND THEATER James Dunn-June Knight in TAKE A CHANCE Stim Summerville-Leila Hyams ip HORSE PLAY Matinee: Balcony, 10; Orches- tra, 15-200; Night, 15-25 able assistance in the second} most important ocean voyage | he has made since the New! York-Paris trip, covered; 1875 miles over the South!