The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 22, 1933, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service arrive cannot be*postively stated, but it is understood that distribution SANTA CLAUS TO The Bev West Citisen KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1933. SOOOCOOOL OOOOOOE COO EOLOOOOSOSOOEOOOS OOS SOSOSOOOOOOOSOOOSOOOTOOSSOOOSOOO® NEW AGENCIES BATTLING FARM ILLS AS 1933 ENDS 55m 40 A} 1933 On and on marches the American ‘mer, out of 1933 into another year, hopeful that prices of his products will continue in 1934 the rising tendencies evident since the spring upturn, The diagram, prepared by Standard Statistics, show the farm products index, on the basis of 100 for the year 1926. By CARL C. CRANMER cam c.ceasourn [FIRE DESTROYS will take place as goon as possible arrival, WILLIAM WAPLES PAY HIS VISIT 3 WASHINGTON, Dee. 22.) ALBURY HOME ON ~~ AT ELKS® HOME —The twin problems of agri- ‘ VON PFISTER ST. | | | For 53 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key Wes PRICE FIVE CENTS Cuban Government Starts Drive On Bombers In-Havana Section Head Of Labor Federation Cites Code Violations At Ford’s New Jersey Plant (By Associated Press) Dec. 22.— ker. plant formed a local union Explosions Shatter Win- dows And Cause Other Damage; More Resigna- tions Among Officials (By Associated Press) HAVANA, Dec. 22.—A : = {relentless drive on bombers William Green, president of the'and went on strike early in the was launched here today. Soldiers and sailors scoured the streets in search for ter- rorists. Every automobile regard- ed as suspicious in any way was searched, and even pe- destrians were called upon for examination. ed by, General Hugh John. the workers and management, but! It was the government's | ; answer to the long continued | violence emphasized by in- cendiarism earlier in the week, followed during the night by four sharp explo- sions, Last night’s bombings were in Havana's busiest downtown section. There were no casualties, but win- dows were shattered and other damags done. WASHINGTON, American Federgtion of Labor, ‘fall. The plant, after a brief has filed with the NRA a report/shutdown, went on functioning on the strike at the Ford Edge-'normally with the strikers locked| water, New Jersey, plant accom- out. panied by affidavits alleging code| The.national labor board sought violations by the automobile manu-|to intervene and through, . nego- facturer. ‘tiations succeeded in establishing The report has not yet been’ some exchange of views between exai son, but from his_ previous utter- this never proceeded to the point ances it appeared likely that if any of actual negotiations. convincing evidence is contained; Since that time the board has he would refer them to the at-'taken no action, and Green took| torney general for action. on the task of assembling a rec- Americans Taken Up During Ford employes at the Edgewa-'ord of the ca Spy Raid In Paris To Face French Jurist In Charg (By Associated Press) The official family of: President Grau San Martin day. Two more resigna- tions were placed on his . i ' rh 2 VOLUME LIV. No. 3038. ll § b ee bed Wall Street’s. Contingent 3 ee To Depressed : Condition rs . : <c ; Shown Where. Firms In ‘SALTED PORK 10 Other Parts Of Country! BE DISTRIBUTED Polen Be OP") TO RELIEF UNIT pression Years CARLOAD ARRIVES TODAY,| (iy Associated Press) Wall Street, once lavish} WITH OTHER COMMODTIES Santa Claus, is letting the}. TO BE SENT HERE 1N Mares rest of the’country set» the) NEAR FUTURE pace in Christmas bonuses], this year. ‘ ae The local Federal Emergency z a lief Council. today receivéd a Slim profits of brokerage }griodd:of :fresh salted. pork to be “and banking, business was baa to cliens on the regis- cited today as the reason ‘Pecks, ave been. busy all day{ “the street” was unable to eave the shipment, which totals! ae : 969 pounds, to the store revive its custom of gayer of the diphthsase departaent front! days when payment of Nits point it will be distributed ie near future. ag was a year-end cus-|." The same method of distribu- m. tion will be adhered to as on a “Phe! largest Christmas former occasion. Cards will te is- : ; Bi : pued to clients and the amount bonus thus far announced }based on the numer of dependents. 4 + Orders on one of the large dis- for the year in Wall Street tribigion plants are being made is that of Redmond and Com-jout today for shipments of other pany, stock exchange firm, comm ies, pursuant to instruc- ti tl, d. which will give employes’ ‘Bhotn orders i eeebat of cheese, bonuses equivalent to 20 per 2,602 pounds; smoked pork, 12,- ‘500 ds; butter, 4,004 ds; cent of individuals .yearly aie Beck, 3,768 aaa wage. bee flour, 12,510 pounds. ; af? ft th ill _ Some houses on Walllcannc Por pactcn ver, Street indicated*today « that ‘the question of bonuses for} “Werikar workers will bevae- cided tomorrow. Few firms have announced} , bo x of one to two weeks’ ‘HELD ON CHARGE pay to be tucked into em- : ployes stockings. CUTTING CUBAN /\ Without exception major ; all Street banks will..re-)ARRESTED BY CAPTAIN OF tin from extra compensa-# POLICE RIVAS _AND OFFI- tion to employes this year. CER ARENBERG; NOW IN _ Firms in other parts of the} county JAIL United States. generally are following the rule of depres- ‘WilidiaGWaples was arrestea sion years during the Yule-|last night on the complaint of a tide, and for the most. part} YU" Cuban who claimed that he been cut he hand wi extra compensation has been Lak wiaiad by wate” eh The accused was arrested by} abandoned. Captain of Police E. R. Rivas and} Officer Franklyn Arenberg and placed in the guard house. He was later ‘taken to the county jail} soup hesis now being held await- ng hearing, government attack in 1933. | EXPECTS CHILDREN TO BRING LETTERS ON REQUEST FOR To solve the surplus prob- lem, the agricultural adjust- PARIS, Dec. 22.—Mr. and Mrs. ganization they claim to be direct-| desk beside that of Mayor culture, debt and commodity surpluses, bore the brunt of ‘MRS. ALBURY AROUSED FROM SLEEP BY SMOKE; HOUSE Robert Switz of East Orange, New\ed against the military power of jJersey, were held in two separate France. ‘jail cells prepared today to face al The secret, service fears trails CANDY AT HALL TOMOR. ROW AFTERNOON Santa Claus notified The Citi- zen today that he expects children to bring their letters requesting eandy tomorrow afternoon to the Elks’ Home on Duval street. Distribution will begin at 4 o’clock and it is the expectation of Kris Kringle that every child un- der 13 years will be present to jreceive the stockings. He would also like the parents, of the children to be there, hear! his greetipgs, his talks on Christ- mas and the happy associations in connection with the ‘season. | | The Elks” Committee, ‘who ‘have the matter in charge, Santa will bein all his regalia jand wants to have as matiy chil-| said that; ALL ABLAZE WHEN FIRE- MEN ARRIVE ment act was passed, provid- ing for crop control and mar- keting agreements. To meet the debt situation, the! Fire of unknown origin ac: farm credit administration was set! \. parpetecaicif up, and lending agencies that had tically destroyed the interior of been scattered under the old fed- the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hilary eral farm board, treasury, Re-|Albury, and the house furnishings, eonstruction Finance corporation, on Von Pfister street between and department of agriculture,;Ashby and Thompson last night. were grouped under one head and| Mrs. Albury was aroused from broadened, ts light slumber, it is said, by the Four Types Of Credit {smoke and immediately gave the Department of agriculture fig-/#larm. The apparatus responded ures show that in 1932 farm mort-}4nd arriving on the scene, fire- gage indebtedness was about $8, ™en found the interior of the 500,000,000. For the year ending|home blazing. last March, approximately 38.8; Valiant work was done by the [farms ont of every 1,000 were in-/members of the department and yolved in transfers for debt. in a short time the flames were Four types of credit are provid-|nder control and soon extin- ed under the new set-up but the, Stished, federal land banks production! D. L. Webster and L. G. Powell, The British Steamship Oil Ship- per, from Rouen, France, was due rrive in port this afternoon, ed to the Porter Dock com- pany. The vessel will take on bunkers and proceed to her destination at Palace—-“Sagebrush Trail.” Strand—“Ever In My Heart.” jo’clock this morning. MISS E. CURRY, 83, DIES THIS MORNING. FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BE| HELD TOMORROW AFT- ERNOON Miss Euterpia Curry, 83 years) old, died at the home of John A./ Pierce, 719 Francis street, 11:15 Funeral services will be held 4} FLORIDA BRINGS dren of the specified age present! credit. corporations intermediate|members of the personnel of the as tan possibly be there. ; J, ed with the firemen in fighting By issuing $2,000,000,000 in| the fire and did good werk for |bonds, with interest guaranteed,| which Chief Baler — tenders, jthe federal land banks were per-|through The Citizen, his appreci MANY PASSENGERS | =** to assume farm mortgages’ tion. | held by private agencies in order} While rendering assistance, Mr. \to stop foreclosures. ; Webster received a severe cut on Passengers numbering almost} Nearly half a million farmers|the right arm from glass in a 100 arrived on the Steamer Flor-| applied for $1,700,000,000 in| Window, He was taken to a phy- atives in each of 12 regions. ida of the P. and O. S. S. com-| mortgage loans between May 12} sician and several stitches taken} pany this morning from Tampa,!and December 1. jin the wound. enroute to Havana. Geared to grant loans which} Many of them were persons; amounted to only $27,569,000 " TALBOTT GOING prominent in the business and so-; 1932, the land banks stepped up| cial life of Cuba and some were | their lending from $3,985,000 in| school girls and boys, attending July to $5 2,000 Novem-/ eredit banks and banks for cooper-|U. S. Destroyer MacFarland join- French judge with a plea _ that) they had been enmeshed innocent-| ly in the French police net cast) to trap a mysterious band of deal-| ers in international military secrets. Investigators sought a clue to the invisible powers behind the or-| of hidden sources of alleged espionage have been cut by over- zealous police in the premature arrest of mere tools of master. minds. Thes trails, they believe, lead to frontiers of Finland and Ger- many. RELIEF JOBS GET DISBURSING OFFICER AND PAYMASTER PREPARE To; i HAVE FUNDS READY BY TO-| MORROW MORNING Tomorrow will be a big day for) employes on the Civil Works Ad! lief payrolls. Everybody will paid during the day. PAID TOMORROW (Ry Associated Prees) WASHINGTON, Dec. 22+~The government today reinforced its monetary program aimed tawsy higher commodity ptices in épen- ing federal mints for silver coin- age and con! ing its offer of $34.06 a ¢ for domestic gold. By Presdent Roosevelt's order, newly produced silver was worth | 64 and « half cents an ounce at) @ the mint if half was surrendered to the tr y- The plan was to absorb at least | ment that lasts until December 1, o'clock tomorrow afternoon from/colleges in the United States, go-| ber, or a total of more than $110,- TO CUBAN WATERS; Alejandro Vergara. They were from; his secre- | tary, Ramiro Capablanca, and Secretary of Public Works Gustavo Moreno. The president’ said. he would not accept the may- or’s resignation. Roosevelt Announces Silver |JOHWT. KNOWLES, Program In Monetary System "ae vera ALL WORKERS ON | , YESTERDAY FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE | CONDUCTED ‘THIS AFTER- “NOON 4 O'CLOCK FROM FIRST METHODIST CHURCH John Thomas Knowles, 82 years ‘old, died 5:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon at his home on Vernon avenue. Funeral services will be held this afternono 4 o’clock from the First Methodist church, where the body was placed at 2 o'clock. Rev. George Summers will offici- te. The deceased is survived by his ‘widow, Mrs. Louisa Knowles; two daughters, Mrs. W. E. Parker, of Washington, D. C., Mrs, Charles | Collins and one son, Harry tL. ministration and Emergency Re-| 22,421,410 ounces of silver a-| Knowles, of Key West. Six grand- be| nually under the London agree-| children, Harry W. Collins, of 'Fort Lauderdale; Fred Knowles, jof Washington; Charles Colina, TOMORROW Palace—“Sing Sinner Sing.” ythe Pritchard Funeral Home! }Chapel. Mrs. Curry was a mem-/ ing home for the holidays. {000,000 in the five months. j | Big Response in Borrowing | E. A. Strunk, Jr., disbursing of-| 1937, } West Palm Beach; Miss Emily ficer, and Eugene Roberts, pay-} Gold buying, in the nicanwhile,| ¢* Parker, Washington ; Julius ater re Taking Preparations! progressed with the same evidenc-| Collins and Mrs. Earl Julian of Key The U. S. Destroyer J. Fred Tal- Strand—“Gold Diggers 1933." % of TROUSERS GIVE HER AWAY CHICAGO.—-Miss Ada Stenson. of this city was arrested for wear- ing masculine attire when her ill- fitting trousers aroused suspicion, ‘ber of the Congregational church; Rev. E. R. Evans, the pastor,! will preside. { The deceased is survived by one sister, Mrs. Elwilda Saunders, of Miami, and a number of grand- children. CITY EMPLOYES GET PAY TODAY At a special session of the City ‘Council held today, it was decided , sto make a payroll for all city em-/ {ployes whereby each of the 65, officers and employes, active and jinactive, will be allowed a partial jpayment of a month's salary for Christmas needs. | DISAPPOINTMENTS IN LOVE, By the end of November mort-|bott is lying in the stream pre- are numerous. But here's a tip, £#s¢ loans were being made at the Paratory to leaving for Cuban wa- to the lovelorn. Bring them into! Fate of $3,000,000 a day, and out-jters this evening. It is expected our store and after viewing our} standing loans totaled $1,206,000,- the Reuben James will return to merchandise everything will be| 000 compared with $1,118,000,000 Key West. rosy. There are no disappoint-)om June 30. Other types of loans!” i é . ments when you trade at Long’s. | outstanding, including those to co-/Pott, are the Destroyers Goff, LONG'S FURNITURE STORE.| operatives and production credit Babbitt, Claxton and MacFarland. dec22-1t associations, totaled $524,374,000,/The latter vessel will be in port vielen ote OS _| Meanwhile, prices of nearly til January 3, and leave for CHRISTMAS SPECIALS j/f@rm products advanced and § KEY WEST PORK ~ KEY WEST VEAL tary Wallace estimated the 1933 fet practice. Peanue Fed Turkeys, ib 25} | gross farm income at $6,400,000, 000, compared with $5,143,000,- Peanut Fed Hens and Fryers i Swift Premier Hams Ie | | | Nice Large Select Oyster wiches, including Turkey and Oyster. When thinking about OYSTERS for the Xmas Di WELLS’ LUNCH 900 Southard St. Phone 573-3 : 000 last year. Hams, by half, tb 16< f) is of this city testified that the BLACK EYE ONLY GIFT Pork Hams, % DULUTH.—Mrs. Caroline Will- Pork Shoulder, i ize DULUTH.—Mr ‘aroline i CENTRAL MARKET | ouiy thing her husband ever eave] | aos Fleniag St. Pheae 20! her was a black eye. els in port, besides the Tal- Hot Souse—All kinds of Sand-|/ Dinner, remember || |to have distribution of cash pay- ments completed in the morning, fall employes being paid off while |on the projects. | _ In the afternoon at 2:30 o'clock the paymaster will be at the city , hall and will begin payment of all those who receive their weekly emolument in checks. | A check-ap of the amount to proximately $14,000 in all. | —LAST MINUTE— XMAS GIFTS We still have a big selection. Packages wrapped for mailing. || KEY WEST DRUG CO. || PHONE 40 We Deliver jes of heavy foreign purchases! | which have marked the plan dur- | ing December. The RFC increased ite gold fund j another $25,000,000 to $100,- | 000,000 total. There were indications that 1 $60,000,000 was spent, but slight- -|Guantanamo for short range tar-| be disbursed shows it will be ap-; ly less than $17,000,900 locally. SHOW RALLY IN SILVER PROGRAM | ‘NEW YORK, Dec. 22—Stacks jand comodities rallied enthusias- jtically for a time today on the news of President Roosevelt's sil- lver program, but the speculative ardor subsided later and prices re- j acted. ‘West. Two brothers, Daniel | Knowles, of. Key West and Rich- ard Knowles, of Tampa. Mr. Knowles was one of the old- leat members of the Masonic fra- ‘ternity in Key West and at the |time of his death was affiliated | with Dade Ledge Number 14. | Members of this organization will act as pall bearera. Lopez Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements, STRAND THEATER } Matinee; Balcony tra 18-20;