The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 14, 1933, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service VOLUME LIV. No. 296. In U. S. And Foreign Lands; Snow And Ice Reported In ' Many Parts; Twenty- Eight Below In Fort Fair- field, Maine (By Associated Press) Biting blasts nipped two continents today, causing havoc on land and sea. In the United States, the eastern seaboard was man- tled in snow and ice with weathet forecasts for con- _. tinuation of the cold that sent the mercury as low as 28 below at Fairfield, Maine, today. A northeast wind of a 70-mile-an-hour force . was responsible for ‘seventeen deaths in England. : Twelve fatalities occurred when a cargo steamer was wrecked off the coast east of Suffolk. Seven deaths were caused by subzero cold and winds in France, where rivers were freezing and a light snow was falling. IBEGIN WORK OF LEVELING LAND FOR AQUARIUM ACTIVITIES CARRIED ON UN. DER DIRECTION OF DR. VAN DEUSEN AND F. W. KNAPP, ENGINEER | | 1 Work started this morning on excavating and leveling. off the land between the. Mallory . dock property and the lighthouse de- ‘partment headquartexs - which . is the initial activity on, . the con- struction of the Key West Aqua- rium. This preparatory work is being done under the direct supervision of Dr. Robert O- Van Deusen and F. W. Knapp, construction engi- | neer, who has been. secured for this particular project because of his familiarity with this type of building. ; . In a further dissertation on the aquarium Dr. Van Deusen told | The Citizen he was satisfied that at least 5.000 fish could be com- fortably placed in the 26 tanks of thé building. "Aside from’ these the cases could carry a wonderful display of invertebrates, some of © which até beautifully colored and abound in these waters, Many Species There are more than 600 species A storm in the Black Sea, of fish that could be displayed. sank the Spanish Tanker] Zarofa off Istanbul. Fear English“ channel traffic "jwas paralyzed by gales while Atlantic shipping was suffering long delays. | Trans-chanhet Airman Vi- comte Charles'de Manville, missing’ since Tuesday, (was still. unreported. VISITORS MAKE DONATION FOR AQUARIUM USE MR. AND MRS. W. A, MELLOR HAVE SPENT MANY WIN- TERS IN FLORIDA; SECOND VISIT HERE Mr, and-Mrs. W. A. Mellor, visitors from Mankato, Minn., yes- terday contributed $2 to any fund| that can be used in connection with the Key West aquarium. Stopping in at the chamber of commerce rooms Mr. and Mrs. Mel- lor expressed their delight at learning that Key West was going to have a spacious aquarium and Said théy would like to do their part in a small way towards the project. It was explained that the méhey While not all of them could be, with safety, placed in the tanks at ome time, he said, during the se. of a year practically all of could be displayed,: At least from. 400.to 500 species, ©. Dr. Van Deusen CRIME AFTER REPEAL? UP TO By JOSEPH B. KEENAN Assistant Attorney General of the United States (Written for Associated Press) Discussion of the crime sit- uation after repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment can only be predicted. And pre- diction is always hazardous. But the purpose of forecast-| ing is the practical one of trying to forsee what: may happen, and of — forestalling with due vigilance any evils we can forestall through knowledge. of.. past. experi- ences. The illicit sale of liquor. aided by: lack, of public, support..of «pro- hibition did three things. to: the world of crime 1. It brought new criminals into the field. 2. It transplanted many of the more fertile-minded» bold- er criminals into easier and more profitable work. 3. And, most important, it permitted the former safe- cracker and stick-up man, ab- horrent types, to put their feet up on the same desk with responsible citizens. It was not unusual for “John Smith,” a former’ safe-cracker turned bootlegger, to visit a busi- ness man and end up in conver- sation, They actually sat down and talked, The criminal] became less of an outcast, He came to know politi- cians and some types of law-en- forcement officers who were not one-hundred percent scrupulous and yet not wholly dishonest, . Bootleg Taints Politics Before prohibition these pofiti- is convinced| cians and officers would ‘scarcely that nowhere else in the United] have known a safe-cracker and States could a*more beautiful col-| certainly would not have as- Ieetion of fish and sea aniinals be| Sociated with him. But they did, assembled, than Key. West. and do, associate with bootleggers. + All of them are within easy dis-} The, criminal forced, ‘the. officer nce of the: tanks and could'be; from a, twilight zone into actual epee as. quickly as they died| orruption. or, were eaten by others. At the northern aquariums the tions of tropical fish are always those that attract the largest number’ of visitors, because of their wonderful colorings and shapes. : Great Display And, says the doctor, there never need be one day when the tanks would not contain a display of color and scintillating beauty that would attract visitors from all parts of the country, Especially would the aquarium, he believes, be the goal of many students of marine. biology, and also for many artists, who spe- cialize in painting marine _ life, who would be continually in front | of the tanks sketching in colors or photographing the wonderful dis- play to be later transferred in colors for illustrating articles and stories dealing with biological subjects, SPONGERS FIND | MUDDY WATERS ON RECENT VOYAGES The result was that bootleg collec.| tings had power with politicians. Now, recent experiences lead me to believe that this alliance is — disintegrating. Such political alliances of criminal with law-enforce- ment agents are breaking. up. Crime conditions are cleaning up in metropolitan areas be- cause revenue is slipping out from under the world of crime, Here is an example, In the re- cent trial of Roger Touhy on a charge of kidnaping in St. Paul it developed that Touhy wanted to sell his house. A Home Fit For Royalty, That home was like a :baronial estate. He had shifts of guards; a swimming pool, his own | tele« phone system. He. had offered his beer plant equipment for sale at $5,000, and the plant had a capacity of 72,000 barrels a year. He must have seen the handwrit- ing on the wall for his type and for his form of making a living. Touhy had been picked up in July with a gang in a ‘high- powered car that contained six guns which would have been “too big for Jesse James and a bag of ammunition that one man could was given for the project through/SOME OF VESSELS HAVE) °t have carried, Why did he the Civil Works Administration and there could be no additions to that fund from any outside source. Thinking of the fund that was started by Dr, H. C, Galey with $100, and is being incrgased, for the purpose of defraying the ex- penses of Dr. Robert 0, Van Deusen while he is in Key West: and oecupied with the construction of the aquarium, Miss Neen Wil- liams told Mr. and Mrs. Mellor she would add the donation to this fund. This was perfcetly satis- factory te the Mellors. Mr, and Mrs, Mellor have spent the past 17 winters at Lake Worth, and this is their second trip to Key West. They promise to return next year when the aquarium is finished. MADE GOOD CATCHES, HOWEVER; BUYERS BE- LIEVE SALES WILL BE GOOD Though the ‘waters over the sponging beds have been turgid | and muddy for the past month,! local sponge buyers believe the pre-holiday sales will be good. Several owners of sponging ve?- have them? Generally, that situation is one we must guard a work, Now we have the evi- dence that points in that di- rection, That means we must be all the more on the guard. But the department of justice sels have been in from points} #* Preparing by making a complete along the east coast, where their| Tecord of all bootleggers, .in re consideration. vessels were berthed while they} Y@"ous : an ie Ray West Bree Sal es breaks out in other direc-| eoeeee and report the same conditions. areas. When = and tions we will be prepared to bring However, some of the boats! the criminals ins have been partially successful and while the takes will not come up to expectations, it is believed there will be active selling before Christ- ~— The Key West Citizen KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1938. PUBLIC--KEENAN The Law Looks At The Criminal 9000000000000 000000000COC9000000000000008Ceeeeet LIC MENT AGENT ARE BREAKING UP” | WALLACE SIGNS AGREEMENTS FOR FRUIT PRODUCTS SEPARATE AGREEMENTS FOR FLORIDA, CALIFORNIA AND + ¢ARIZONA ORANGES AND AL- SO»GRAPEFRUIT (By. Associated Press) WASHINGTON, - Dec. 14.— Marketing agreements for Flor- ida, California and Arizona oran- ges.and grapefruit were signed te day by Secretary Wallace, to be- come effective at midnight night, Two separate agreements, one’ a ns | mam county. for Florida and another covert ing California and Arizona, set up a national citrus stabilization plan to regulate the market sup- ply of the two fruits and to seek to; increase the returns to producers. Both agreements were accom- panied by licenses which will be- | come effective.on shippers at Joseph B. Keenan, assistant attorney general of the United | 12:01 a. m., December 18. States, finds the nation’s crime situation changing as repeal enters. | A third agreement for Texas Here illustrated are a few of his quotations as to the trans- | Tages and grapefruit has been i kei lace. Koemations:-tokies place, members of the indistry, and of- " =. |ficials expected it to be returned New York Girl Due To Have “jo25s em ctsc-2: Become Bride Today Burned [-:722222 isc. : atian| ASK FUND FOR To Death ln Contlagration FOOL UPON COUNTY FORCES FLORIDA KEYS equal opportunity to ship his fruit. MINUS PAY DAY | Burns, 20-year-old Troy, New|COMMITTEE COMES HERE ; Fontaine, 23, was found this morn- CLERK MAKES ANNOUNCE-|. | ing in the ruins of the fire-swopt BT AT BOARD MEETING | Star Realty company block here An allotment of $6,000 is to be LAST EVENING; DEPOSI-' She had been staying the asked of the Civil Works Admin- TORY ACCOUNTS CHECKED! apartment of her fiance’s parents istration for the construction of a ; | public school at Islamorada. H which was destroyed shortly be-) J. 4. Russell, ©. F. Foyle, ‘of | Unless there is some change in| Islamorada and George W. Al- the financial condition of the bury, of Plintation, met Tuesday epunty before December 25 there fore the roof caved in. La Fontaine was carried to safe- night with Superintendent of Pub- lic Instruction Melvin Russell and members of the school board and j over ladders, and was taken to a! asked that the project be consid- ered. At the meeting of the board of county commissioners held De- cember 6, the county was deeded a plot of ground at this about two acres in area, for a park. The site of the proposed new school will be 150 by 200 feet between the park and the highway. The school is now being con- ducted in a chureh. This arrange- ment was satisfactory, it is said, when the number of pupils was small. Now there are more than 80 studying in the church and the parts of the building set aside for school purposes are entirely inadequate to comfortably accom- modate them. t 1 ith si: ther will Be"ho ‘pre Christmas payday; ” “ "= “"" “= Mer vere for employes. This the announcement) hospital suffering from smoke in-! made by Clerk Ross C. . Sawyer) halation. during the regular meeting last The night, in replying to Commission-j er B. B. Warren's question as to, known. Loss was estimated at the chances of employes receiving | approximately $300,000. Miss a payday before the holiday sea- Burns was believed to be the only) was cause of the fire was un- son. Present at the meeting Norberg Thompson, chairma Commissioners Warren, Roy and Carl Bervaldi; midnight and raged until 3 o'clock er, Chief Deputy iff Clements Jaycocks, Attorney Wil-, “hen the entire block of the busi-| liam V. Albury, Ferry Manager] ness and apartment buildings was Eugene Demeritt and Justice of| the Peace E. R. Lowe, from a on. the ernier. ! sSees Hare Depository accounts checked and approved, which was/ | the only business scheduled for! ARRIVES HERE) TWO BUILDING There were but two permits is- sued during the week past from the office of Harry M. Baker, building inspector, Pre) victim. The fire started shortly before for were WHERE TO GOL ee “Eskimo Perils.” Chance at Heaven” George R. Seavey, of the U. S.j was an arrival on} the Florida, vesterday afternoon where he has been postal service, from Havan: to-} sent to Texas for signatures by| point, | For 53 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West PRICE FIVE Seven School Children Killed, Many Injured When Train Hi Bus Near Crescent City Tod DOZEN OR MORE CRITICALLY INJURED; DRIVE! OF BUS ALSO SERIOUSLY HURT IN SMASH- UP; AMBULANCES FROM ORLANDO, DELAND, PALATKA AND CRESCENT CITY RUSHED TO__ SCENE No (By Assoctated Press) CRESCENT CITY, Dec. 14.—Six elementary school children were killed, another was reported to have died enroute to a hospital, and at least a dozen more injured, many critically, when an Atlantic Coast Line freight train crashed into a school bus six miles south of here this morn- ing. ; The dead are: William and Frederick Smith, children of Mrs. Bennie Smith, widow. Merle Smith, member of the same family is reported to have died enroute to a hospital. Hazel McGrady and Eddie McGrady, children of Drew McGrady, and Elsie Bertha Gorton, all of South Put- D. B. Niles, elderly driver of the bus, was injured, but | his condition was not considered critical, although serious: | There was a probability that others of the injured would die. : : Seven ambulances from Orlando, Deland, Palatka and Crescent City rushed to the scene and were hurriedly load- ed and rushed away to hospitals. Most of the injured were taken to Palatka. The tragedy occurred at Silver Pond Grove grade- crossing, six miles south of here, just after picking up the last of the children to take them to the elementary school here, ton ee main highway of State Niles had just driven from the Road. Number Three about 100 yards to the home of Rupert Teuton to pick up Teuton’s two children. Teuton had constructed a turnisig place so it would be unnecessary for the bus to cross the tracks, it was said, j but Niles crossed the tracks today in a heavy morning fog. | Great confusion prevailed when. news of thé wreck j reached here. ; The dead and first of the injured were rushed here. The Baptist pastorium was converted into an emergency hospital while the overflow of the injured Was taken to the offices of Dr. E. W. Ford, nearby. All of the children lived in the rural district traversed by the bus route. Sad scenes were enacted as hysterical mothers and anxious fathers, stunned by the news of the tragedy, hunt- ed for their loved ones. SIDNEY BALL SAYS |WYOMING’S CREW | CONFUSION REIGNS | TO GET LIBERTY THROUGHOUT CUBA! THIS AFTERNOON FORMER KEY WESTER RE-| NEARLY TURNS HERE YESTERDAY;! PREDICTS U. S. WILL SOON INTERVENE | Confusion reigns in THREE HUNDRED SAILORS FROM DIFFERENT VESSELS WILL BE ASHORE THIS EVENING | Cuba at; For the first time in years there will be several hundred United States navy sailors in Key ob-| West this afternoon. Between 260 a and 300 of the personnel, offi- [server of conditions in the Island | cers and men of the U. & §. | Republic and arrived from Ha-| Wyoming will enjoy all night lib- ORE yesterday on the S, S. Flor- sayy CREE of the ship, which is ida, | anchored outside in the stream, | Mr. Ball believes that within al arrived be nae oo today and veek the: 1: announce commanding try re will be as upheaval on; officer of the vemel had i on ¢ island which — will eventually |. granting liberty to some of | retuit in the United States stop-| the officers and members of the ping all activities by landing a| crew. foree and tak charge, until} Other liberty parties will be peace Seiten: ome | ashore from the Jacob Jones, Bab- Asked when he was going back | bitt, — moo — to Havana Mr. Ball answered The | *™ 1 oho leave this’ aft Citizen by saying that his retarn| ‘? —s Ppa tty eye & will be determined by the time sag PEN . ——— Pea pom: }auired by the American govern-} a Bainbridge A ws iment to bring tranquility out 8 4 tcata: Gillen waters tak | the chaotic condition which ap-} | parently is daily growing more practi, era omcae ege ie | complicated. j this time, is the opinion of Sidney! Ball, who has been a_ close United States Postal Agent, since} the death ef Major J. H. Knox. lead construction. Mr. Seavey's appointment was} Add annex to the building on) * temporary one, and on his relief} Angela street known es The Cave. | arriving in Havana he returned to] Owner, the Henley Estate; cost, | Key West, left on the afternoon | $60. | and) train for Miami and will take up Repairs to stairway at 114 Si- | his duties in the service between| monton street. Owner, M. Villate; } Miami and Wildwood. cost, $36. for repairs! ——-—— ma 2p ALL FOR $1.95 ' Car Washed Car Polished Car Greased and Springs Sprayed PAUL’S TIRE SHOP” Phone 65 STRAND THEATER Joel McOrea-Ginger Rogers in and “The Worst Woman fn Paris.” High School Gym—-Basketball mas. Harold Key, who was in the city fseveral days ago from Pirates} | Gowe, said he had 50 bunches of} fine sponge and expected to have} tconsiderable more before he re-/ jturned, which he expected to do| some time next week. } Christmas BIG DEMONSTRATION, ; —— All Day Saturday:— STALEY PRODUCTS Everybody Invited Bring your coupons te Wing Lee’s Grocery 506 Fleming Street, Phone 107 TOMORROW “Eskimo Perils.” Shark” Palace Strand—“Tiger ‘Chance at Heaven.” Bayview Park—Diamo { r | | } :