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

VOLUME LIV. No. 290. as And Movements Of. Lindberghs Natal, Brazil, Has Problem In Trying To Honor Fly- ing Colonel. And His Wife (By Associated Press) NATAL, Brazil, Dec. 7.— Natal, accustomed as it is to feting fliers, admittedly had a problem on its hands today in the matter of trying to ‘ Colonel and Mrs. Charles Lindbergh. taciturnity with Americans: Te<fe* cheers from, at hailed them on}° their arrival yesterday from Bathurst, Africa, continued to mask their plans and movements. Usual rumors flew the rounds of flights to the. interior, hops along the coast and even a grand skirt- ing of the continent, but there was ncither answer of yes or no from’ the” flying couple, officially. So Natal had to be' content with occasional glimpses of Lindy and Anne going to and from the British consulate. There is no American con- sulate here, and speculating] upon their movements, Tie Key West Citizen Are Unknown |DEMERITT GIVES TALK TODAY AT ROTARY MEETING ERNEST MEARS, SPONGE| DEALER OF TARPON, SPRINGS, WAS _ VISITING; ROTARIAN William W. Demeritt, superin- tendent of lighthouses for this d trict, who had been on an extend- ed inspection, trip to various sta- tions, was the principal speaker at the Rotary. luncheon today. ir. Demeritt. spoke very inter- estingly-of many, things that he observed.during)the ‘rip, one of which. was the school situation along the keys in which he rec- commended several ways of im-| proving conditions that now ex-/ ist, He also gave a report of him- self on a hunting trip while away| in which he said that he killed 18 doves out of 100 shots fired. He also said that he killed several quail which was his first experi- ence along these lines. Mr, Demeritt also made a sur-| vey of the Emergency Relief oper- ations along the keys, showing what activities were being carried on, He also spoke of a site for the} proposed aquarium at the foot of Whitehead street between the Mallory Company property and!" the government docks. The movement of sta; might call it footlight nostal, have gained. Thus Corinne Griff By NOEL THORNTON (By Associated Prens) NEW YORK, Dec. but whatever the cau: pany of “Design for Living,” Alexander Kirkland (center) i ‘Men in White” and Helen Hayes (right) has returned to New York to score in “Mary of Scot- yeni, KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1933. Broadway Stage Prodigals Retu Longing For Audiences Causes Trek From Héllpwoed - rs from Broadway to Hollywood has been put partly in reverse. You New York theaters and the ture star of the silent day: a young physician ith (left), motion easy. You merely do what you already know how to do. { | Audiences An Asset 1 For AUGUSTA, GEORGIA VOTES IN FAVOR OF LICENSING LIQUOR ACTION TAKEN LAST NIGHT DESPITE STATE’S BONE DRY PROHIBITION LAW FORBID- DING SAME (By Associated Press) ATLANTA, Dec. 7.—The _his- toric old city of Agusta voted last night to license liquor despite Georgia’s bone dry prohibition law which forbids ‘possesion, sale or ownership of anything more than one half of one percent alcohol. The spirit of local option in the face of the state’s bone dry law has been manifested by scores of cities licensing the sale of beer. Atlanta was the first among this. group under the leadership of Mayor James Key, long time) prohibition foe. Other municipali-} ties followed suit. For many years corn liquor has been the prifcipal beverage for those citizens who desire some- thing potent. Other Georgia cities will watch Augusta experiment closely. stage generally a road com- in the Broadway tragic, persecuted Stuart sovereign} in “Mary of Scotland.” Elissa Landi, who hasn't visited PARK SITE ON MATECUMBE IS GIVEN COUNTY COUNTY COMMISSIONERS GIV- EN QUIT CLAIM DEED; OTH- ER MATTERS HEARD AT MEETING LAST NIGHT John A. Russell tnd other resi- dents of Upper | Matecumbe, through Attorney J. F. Busto, of- fered to the county commissioners a site of approximately two acres of land on Matecumbe for a park. The offer, accompanied by a quit claim deed, was read at the meeting of the board of county dered accepted, Clerk Ross C. Saw- yer to notify the donors of the acceptance, Present at the meeting were Norberg Thompson, chairman; Commissioners Carl Bervaldi, Roy| Fulford and B..B. Warren, At- |torney William V. Albury, Chief Deputy Sheriff Clements Jay-| sad cocks, Auditor Roy Faulkner, of |the ferry system, Manager Eu-| {gene Demeritt of the ferry sys {tem and Tax Assessor J. Otto | Kirchheiner. Tells Of Audit Made commissioners last night and or-/ 53 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West PRICE FIVE CENTS HAVANA DISTURBED OVER RUMOR ‘OF PLOT FOR ANOTHER REVOLT Claimed Pat Of Army. Would Join In Movement Toward Overthrow Of Government (By Associated Press) HAVANA, Dec. 7.—A rumor that a cabinet mem- ber, supported by a section of the army, was hatching a plot to ovrthrow the govern- ment, ran. through” Havana today. The report was spread along with many others con- cerning a possiblecoup d'etat during the night of ner- ivousness, heightened by | bombings, There was wide specula- tion in regard to a secret | Comference between Presi- | dent Ramon Grau San Mar- be tin and United States Ambas- |sador Sumner Welles last Today, however, as the city observed Memorial Day, | neither Grau nor Welles His remarks covered ‘many sub- jects, and his address proved to be very interesting throughout. , Earnest Mears, sponge dealer of Tarpon Springs, was a-visiting -| Rotarian at the meeting’ today. and had as his guest, Clem C. Price. Sebastian Cabrera, Jr., who pre- -\aided over the meeting had three officers off the [Talbott as his }}sion proved to be full of interest) FEDERAL OFFICIALS DETER. MINED TO BRING PRICES IN. ‘TO EASIER REACH OF SLIM _ POCKETBOOKS «ny Associated Press) | WASHINGTON, Dee, 7.—De- termined to bring prices for whiskies, ryes and other legalized potables into easier reach of stim pocketbooks, federal officials to- day contemplated increasing liquor ae to swell domestic sup- rhe adiministation also prepared to,.use as;a club if necessary its authority. over -prices changed. by | ers, wholesalers. and others, ‘Although direet’ power over re- tail prices lacking word emanat- ing today from authoritative ae ters, was that unless charges to consumers tumbled sharply after) present confusion the government he usual songs were rendered during the meeting, and the ses- INJUNCTION IS. ‘GRANTED T0 HALT ELECTION COUNT PROCEEDINGS DEAL WITH The ubiquitous storm of com-; plaints of Broadway mana- gers that. Hollywood lures away all its: best actors has! dwindled: to a mere zephyr this season. é The procession has been re- versed, itage impresarios are serv- ing up their fatted roles and the prodigal players, penitent and homesick, are returning in droves to appease their nostalgia for the footlights. ‘Post-Graduate Work’ While many of the celluloid stars desire only a sabbatical holi- day from the cinema lots, others are quite frank in saying they need a stage appearance now and then for further training in their art, The point is clarified by -Alex- ander Kirkland, erstwhile leading) man to Elissa Landi and Ann Harding, and now playing the role has to work before audiences. You nurse in as-it takes shape day by day. “To learn new things an actor Broadway since her role of ‘the Farewell to Arms,” is must go through long and tiring slated for Lengyel’s somber rehearsals. You must feel the ex- drama, ‘Angel.’ Herbert _Mar- traordinary excitement of a play, shall and Edna Best. are to be To eb-starred in another John Van have that excitement as I have it;Druten comedy, “Most of the now is easily worth the financial| Game.” sacrifice most film stars have to} “Silent” Stars Return make to come back to the stage.””| Even the stars of the old si- And, cinema stars do have to/lent days are finding a taste of accept a big cut in salary to act|the footlights good for their ar- in stage plays. A Broadway man-/jtistie souls. The orchidaceous ager can afford to pay only top, Corinne Griffith is trouping up notch stars, sugh as Alfred Lunt} and down the hinter-lands in Lynn and Ina Claire, as much as $1,000! Fontanne’s original role in Noel to $1,500 a week. Lesser known | Coward's “Design for Living.” players received commensurately| Conrad Nagel is co-starring with less. But a star like Miriam Hop- Irene Purcell in “The First Apple” kins’ may receive as much as $3,-/ and Kenneth Harlan is appearing: 500 a week from the Hollywood) with Jean Arthur in “The Curtain studios. | Rises.” The parade of film celebrities) Other Hollywood well-knowns back to the stage this season is! who are either appearing now on immense. Miss Hopkins has r psoreway or are scheduled to turned to pinch-hit for the ailing] play here soon include Jean Har- Tallulah Bankhead in “Jezebel.” low, Judith Beal; Roland Young, Katharine Hepburn, who went) Laura Hope Crews, Frances Ful- beer licenses have made sizeable) contributions to the city treasuries | in auditing and correcting the tax| which were. sadly funds. MORE AIRPORTS }AT LEAST THIRTY OF THESE} least 30 new airports for Florida have been made possible by ac- Some of them have found that William M. Ellsworth, who has! would comment. in need of | FOR FLORIDA ARE NOW CONSIDERED | PROJECTS ARE MADE POS. SIBLE BY. ACTION OF FED-' ERAL’ GOVERNMENT (Speeial to The Citizen) TALLAHASSEE, Dec, 17.—At ' | {the results obtained. been employed for the past year) as ee eaele eerninn bombs exploded in a build- ing Housitig the Dahish Cons sulate, but no damage was | done to the consulate. books of former years, for the! county, reported completion of the work and gave an’ outline of A summary of the work of Mr. Elsworth showed 8,407 corrections | made, which included deed refer-| ences, ownership and descriptions. | Among the descrepancies found were 955 descriptions with more anioae:tes emtiniats ol OF. GUARDS ARE ainst the property. In some| instances there were as many as} HIGHLY PRAISED six tax certificates against one piece of property. Clerk Sawyer called atterftion | CAPTAIN patil RUSSELL COMMENDED ON BATTERY'S APPEARANCE BY INSTRUC- of the board to a large number of | {discrepancies discovered by Mr. TOR OF ARTILLERY CORPS Ellsworth and assured the mem- bers that the services rendered} were valuable in the extreme. A communication from Ramon Lopez, and signed by other mer- chants, asked the cooperation of the board in requesting the Flor- of the ‘troubled young doctor int the drama, “Men In White.” “Acting in the films,” Kirk- land explains, “is comparatively MATTER OF EXTENDING TIME IN VOTING AT CON. TEST IN DAYTONA BEACH; westward almost unknown, — is; jstarring in “The Lake,” and Hele: nm Hayes. backstage for the fisst | time. since 1931, is playing the ler, Elizabeth Patterson, Olga 'Baclanova, Bela Lugosi, Junior | Durkin, Lyda Roberti, Jill Esmond, Laurence Olivier and Lillian Bond. istration with authority to ask for d proposals, according to informa- tion in the hands of the aviation PEEK’S TRANSFER | (By Associated Press) DAYTONA, BEACH, Dec. 1IP) } An injunction restraining the} city commission from canvassing returns today halted the reelection | ‘of Mayor Edward H. Armstrong | and commissioners in two NOW DISCUSSED | city| LIKELY TO. BE: PLACED TO |HEAVY SNOW IN | MANY SECTIONS CONTINUE SEARCH FOR MISS. division of the State Road Depart- ment. The work of conditioning the accepted tion of the federal government fal supplying the Civil Works Admin-} airport proposals! will come under the direction of} ida East Coast Railway company to extend the stay, of exeursion- ists in Key West a few hours long- er when, in the * future, ‘these events were scheduled by the com- pany. Assurance was, given that {the board will comply. with the request. the Civil Works Administration STILL HOLDING but the final plans must be accept- able to the standards set by the GOVERNMENT ENT! {aviation division, it has been stat-! is EN ERS MAR-; ed. At the present there are 86) of a house for a pauper, brought discussion because of what - the ; board decided was an exorbitant charge under present conditions. Clerk was instructed to inform The bill of J. RB. Valdes, rental) Captain Leslie Russell, Florida [National Guard, in command of Battery “E”, was conimended Tuesday night on the appearance of his command by Major R. T. Gibson, U. 8. A., instructor of the | Coast Artillery Corps of the 265th Regiment Major Gibson came in over the East Coast Monday afternoon to make his regular inspection of the battery and the local battery would wield. its authori zones, where balloting was con-| Uh wine, — weer dagen after normal closing hour | NEW AGRICULTUR- ING FISHERMEN CAUGHT KET TO MAKE BORROW _|usable airports in Florida, includ-| yf. Valdes that in the future, in. { 1 and milit: bi j made such an excellent showing ing naval and military bases. | cjuding rental for December, a re- ed better a ormentive eens condition. Tuesday as the result of a man-} datory injunction enforced by the national guard. ia injunction was issued by} rry Horn as commissioner for} the ei cireuit court in the absence of Judge M. G. Rowe, who is pre-| siding over a Tampa court this week. It was upon a complaint signed | by Dr. Guy Klock, defeated by Armstrong in the mayoralty race, and Don Mo and J. R. Hucka-/ bee, defeated in zones four and LARGE FUND TO REPAIR ROADS STATE ROAD DEPARTME! LETS CONTRACTS TOTAL. LING $385,000 i (Special to The Citizen) TALLAHASSEE, Dec. 17.—At the last contract letting made by the State Road Department bids totalling $885,000 were awarded. Approximately 74 percent of the $5,200,000 granted Florida for road improvement . expansion has been expended since Septem- ber 1, records show, At the present 44 federal aid projects are under way. to | Ss. | three, respectively, by Ralph Ric! ards and Harry Wilcox as commi sioners, The order also enjoins the elec- tion of Richards and Wilcox. FLORIDA BRINGS 40 PASSENGERS yesterday afternoon from Havana with 40 passengers. Of these weré 20 aliens. Cabin Cruiser Duchess, Dock. The Steamship Florida, of the! P. and 0. S. S. company, came in} home | port Chicago, arrived in port last) night and berthed at the Porter! AL POST (By Amsociated Press) WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.—Trans- fer of George N. Peek, now agri- | cultural adjustment adminis: |tor, to the National Recovery Ad-} ministration’ to take over agricul- | tural codes newly placed the: jappeared today as likely. to be {decided upon by President Roose-/ It as a sqlution of disagreements, in the agricultural department! that have delayed action on these sce codes. ‘TRUN’S OFFICE | AT NAVAL BLDG. E. A. Strunk, Jr., assisting dis-| bursing officer of the C. W. A.; jhas established his office in head- tau uarters of the naval station build- ing, threagh the courtesy of Lieu- tenant W, B. Jackson, U, S. N., | with his force of workers, Members, of the disbursing de-; partment im the office with Mr. Strunk are Engene Roberts, pay- master, Jack Delaney, assistant, , Misses Ann Kirehick and Eliza | Barrota. } j IN STORM OF $900,000,000 al «By ed Press) Heavy snows in eastern Mon- tana and North Dakota were re ported today by the weather bu- jreau, while search is being | | Annoct con-| tinued for six missing fishermen off the Pacific northwest j where a new storm is predicted for | today. Yesterday's storm, high winds and cos ' attended by} torrential rai a cctchusck oni pioneer in the advancement of 7.—The {aren is the first state to offer) airmen an aceredited air map, ac- cording to C. B. Treadway, chair-| |man of the Road Department. The |maps, which will soon be ready |for distribution, will be sent to |hundreds of airmen in all sections lof the nation. It will show fields, distances and field conditions and} thas already been given wide pub-; (By WASHINGTON, Dec. |fovernment continued its six-day] jold gold price today as it entered} |the money market to borrow wre - 000,000. The RFC quotation of $34.01 an ounce was the highest since the geld buying began. ILARGE PAYROLL | Smee. Se |licity in newspapers and aviation |* ja heavy *Vabdted late in the day, but many | {antics of the elements, } tail. pecs near Seattle, charged to including | ESTIMATED “$16,000 WILL BE EXPENDED FOR PRES- ENT WORK casualties have been | at least four dead. Central Canada jco! old, and northern 3 saw | as mercury drop to below zero. | Meanwhile South Georgia's most lserious drought in years was re- lieved by approximately half inch ef rain as the. southern storm moved across the state into Caro- extremely itoba | | { The payroll expected to be dis- tributed this week to workers un-} der the Federal Emergency Relief | Ac nistration and the Civil Works Administration, will ap-| IN RELIEF WORK’ ---- }Road” and WHERE TO GO TONIGHT Strand—“Mad Game” and “Take A Chance.” TOMORROW Palace——“Riders of Destiny.” Strand—“Wild Boys of the “Made Game.” lina, proximate $16,000, The Citizen| was told today nts on the Emergency will be paid in cash, _ ursements approximating $3,000. | Employes under the Civil | program will receive about $13,- 1000 in checks. cuts OFF Doc's “TAIL CHICAGO— this city was given a terice for cutting off Don’t Forget! “The Antics of Andrew” Tomorrow Night, 8:00 o'clock —High Scheol Auditorium— home agente FNG . 25< he felt impelled, he said, to make favorable comment. The major also looked over the | project of repianning the camp grounds at the Fort Taylor reser- | vation and was highly pleased with the progress made and the propos- ed new buildings. He has expressed the opinion, on a number of occasions, as to Issued to merchants, 77. The! Key West being the logical place state received $652 and the coun-}for the annual encampment of 5. Issued to other than|the artillery corps of the regi- | merchants, 48, The state receiv-;ment. = z jed $ 50 and the county] © Orders have been issued assign- 's13 3 The report was ordered | ing the armament to be used this jaccepted. year when the batteries go in C. Sam B. Curry’s report asjeamp. The 155 m. m. guns, trac clerk of criminal court, showed|tor drawn, battery of three-inch the number of cates, and their|guns and anti-aircraft guns are disposition, bandied by that tri-|te be used. j bunal during the month of Novem- When the last named guns are ‘ber, was accepted and ordered| used airplanes will tow the tar- | filed, |eeta It is expected that planes The bill of J. Otte Kirchheiner,| from the Alsbams National Guard tax assessor. to the comptroller,' will be seeured for this purpose. i showing a balance of $929.39 due} STRAND THEATER for commissions on the 1933 tax roll, was approved by the board.|! < ocee Trsey-Claire Trevar in Report of Tax Collector Frank H. Ladd, showed « deposit rei] 5 noon sone Kaight i TAKE A CHANCE ceipt from the First National Bank for $540.05 representing col- Matinee: Balcony, 10; Orches- tra, 15-20; Night, 15-256 Florida, long recognized 8 4! duction of ‘about 50 percent will be ee or another house be rent- led Licenses Report Read Report of County Judge Hugh} Gunn covering the issues of li- ce’ for merchants, and other ‘than merchants, was read, showing the revenues accruing to state and county. lections on account of 1932 tax- .