The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 29, 1933, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire : Service VOLUME LIV. No. 308. ‘All Weather Records Broken At Boston With Thermometer: Standing At 18 BelowZero). Deaths Resulting From Week’s Severe Weather Goes Well Over One Hundred Mark (By Associated Press) x The cold grew more_in- tense today Eastward from Lake Huron over New Eng- ‘CITIZEN APPRISED OF ISSUEOM NAVY PROSPECT OF STATION RE- OPENING IN NEAR FUTURE That there is no prospect of the local naval station being reopened in the near future, is shown in a letter to Senator Duncan U. Fletcher, by Admiral W. H. »| Standley, U. S. N., acting secre- low at Albany, and 30 below at Montreal. Several places in New Hampshire and Maine show- ved several degrees below 40 - LOWEST IN HISTORY OF BOSTON, MASS. An all-time weather re-' cord was broken at 8 o’clock| _ today in Boston as winter apparently was concentrat- ing its prolonged attack on _ the East. . The thermometer at Bos-| ton this morning registered Ww toto; folir degrees promised some relief by to- | morrow for the New Eng- and section as well as ceu- New England continued to dig itself out of a heavy lanket of snow, and three fishing vessels were ‘still ' missing off Portland, Maine. Fatalities of the week’s Bevere cold, estimated well over 100 “was believed for a ‘indbal he night to have been y the loss of twojo F Lake ‘Michigan. They.were found safe, float- ing in the water, later. TO VISIT HERE DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND EX- ALTED RULER OF ELKS TO ARRIVE JANUARY 4 E, L. Thompson, District Dep- ‘uty Grand Hxalted Ruler, B. P. 0. Elks, has notified Lodge 551, of Key West, he will arrive next week to pay his official visit. The distinguished Elk will ar- (rive from Daytona Beach on 9 Thursday, January 4, and the “lodge will convene that evening. * This will be Mr. Thompson's > first visit to the Key West lodge _ and a smoker and other forms of entertainment ‘are being arrang- ~ ed. NEW YEAR’S SPECIALS Nope — aa reeves tary of the navy. The letter received Wednesday from Washington was referred to The Citizen and is self explana- tory: “Department of the Navy, “Office of the Secretary, “Washington, D. C. “December 18, 1933. “My Dear Senator: “Receipt is acknowledged of your letter of 11 Decem- ber, 1933, in which you in- quire relative to the station, Key West, Florid: “The department does not contemplate reopening the naval station within the near The department was urged by Senator to reopen the sta- reply to Senator Tram- FUNERAL SERVICES TO BE CONDUCTED ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON Joseph Serrano, 52 years old, died 4:30 o’clock this morning in a local hospital. death is given as cerebral hemor- rhage. i Funeral services will be held 4 o’elock Sunday afternoon from the Congregational church, Rev. E. R. Evans officiating. The body will be placed in the church at 2 o'clock, The deceased is survived by one sister, Mrs. D, Ligardi, who resides in Puerto Rico. He had been mak- ing his home for the past 30 years at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Archer at 921 Caroline street. The Lopez Funeral Home was notified shortly after 12 o'clock this morning that Mr. Serrano was lying on the ground, near his automobile, on White street near West Martello Tower. Arriving in the ambulance Ben- jamin Sawyer found Mr. Serrano as described by his informant, placed him in the ambulance and took him to the hospital. He was unconscious when found and re- mained so until death. 'U. S. DESTROYER BADGER ARRIVES; ‘The U. Destroyer Badger!| {which was on duty off the Cuban jeoast, arrived in port 11 o'clock last night, anchored in the stream jand came up to Pier B. this morn- The cause of Two other destroyers are ex- pected to arrive within the next 4s} hours. The only other navy ship in port is the Destroyer McPar- land, YARD WEDNESDAY LETTER TO SENATOR DUNCAN; U. FLETCHER SHOWS NO — KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1933. (OPERATIONON {Maze TRAMMELL BABY IS SUCCESSFUL OBSTRUCTION ON ‘BRAIN OF FIFTEEN MONTHS’ OLD PA. TIENT REMOVED AT BALTI- MORE HOSPITAL As (By Associated Press) BALTIMORE, Dec. 29.—A brain operation on 15-month’s-old Sue Trammell, of Texas, whose brain was bolas destroyed by dis- “The operation has been com- pleted and the child’s condition is good,” doctors reported. “The operation may be termed { successful. The obstruction which | caused a hydro-cephalus condition | | body of the girl was found are s! By JOHN W. STAHR (By Associated Press) CHICAGO, Dec. 29.—Into the’ has been removed. The ultimate outcome cannot, of course, be de- ” termined at this ti: LATEST ORDER DIRECTED AT BIG HOARDER ACTING SECRETARY . MOR-| sit-in setting, psychological! GENTHAU EXPECTS TREAS-| and physiological “angles,” intra-} family intrigue and contradictions URY TO GET SEVERAL MIL-) the “operating table slaying” as- LIONS IN GOLD Wynekoop for the murder of her daughter-in-law, Rheta Gardner} Wynekoop, will be tossed a maze of unanswered questions that makes many story-book mysteries seem simple by comparison. This already-famous case, slat- ed for trial beginning January 4,) doesn’t follow any fiction formula j by presenting a long, contrasting} “ist of suspects. sumes most if not all the ingre- dients of a Poe brain child. Perhaps the biggest question of all is: Will the “confes- sion’? which the signed three days, after the trag- edy be her defense, or will it be the state’s biggest weapon? . (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.—Act- ing Secretary Morgenthau said to- day his new anti-hoarding order trial of frail, 62-year-old Dr. Alice | pre-trial! elderly. doctor}, Of Questions Unanswered hown here. Hl That statement, written in: the | third person, stating merely. that the young woman died of an over- dose of chloroform while being treated by Dr. Wynekoop—and that “a bullet was discharged” ‘after death merely to give the ap- pearance an intruder had killed ; Rheta—has been termed by disin- ‘terested legal minds a defense document.” But the defendant, by turns, has } repudiated, confirmel and again repudiated the “confession.” The defense may, after all, stand upon ' Dr. Alice’s reputation, her amaz- } ing poise, her caréer as a reepect- jed physician, and her original statement that an outsider com- mitted the crime. There are a mulititude of other questions which may complicate , the trial. Among them are these: Why did Earle Wynekoop, 27- year-old, personable husband of Rheta, buy 50 cartridges for his mother’s .32 calibre pistol—found } { “perfect! The Key West Citisen (Questions sufficient in number and interest to make a good mystery novel remain unanswered in the éelebrated Wynekoop case, which will reach another climax when Dr. Alice’ Wynekoop goes trial in Chicago January 4 charged with the murder of her son’s wife. who'was freed of charges of being an accessory to the slaying, and the operating room in which the on Dr. Wynekoop,; her son, Earle beside the nearly-nude body—on November 11, just 10 days before; the tragedy? And why did Dr. Alice at first deny knowledge of a $5,000 insur- ance policy on Rheta’s life—car- rying double indemnity in case of death by violence—when she her- self had paid the first premium on it, also on November 11? More Puzzlers Why did Earle write an affec- tionate letter to Rheta from Kan- sas City on November 4—though when he returned to Chicago for several days he didn’t even tele- phone the wife he called his “men- tal inferior’? Why were there two blank cart- ridges in the death pistol chamber? Why did Dr. Alice, when she “discovered” Rheta’s body at 8:30, that Tuesday night, first call her daughter, Dr, Catherine Wyne- koop, then call an undertaker— police not being notified until four hours later? was directed at the big hoarder, and that the treasury expected to get several millions in gold and yellowbacks. Asked whether the treasury is to call in gold held by Federal Reserve banks which constitutes three quarters of the nation’s monetary gold stock, he replied that he could not discuss that, say- ing, “We aré on a 24-hour basis.” Morgenthau said the new order) was unaffected by the Reconstruc- tion Finance Corporation gold purchase policy. REV. DAY AND FAMILY ARRIVES PASTOR WILL ASSUME NEW DUTIES AT FIRST BAP- TIsTt CHURCH WOMEN AIRMEN SEEKING RECORD TO REMAIN UP UNTIL TO- MORROW OR SUNDAY; EN. COUNTER FOG TODAY (By Associated Press) MIAMI, Dec. breaking endurance fliers, Frances Marsalis and Helen Richey, in a note dropped after they had com- teenth hour in the air shortly be- fore 1 o’clock today, said they row or Sunday. The women, who bettered Rev, James S. Day, recently as- signed to the pastorate of the First Baptist church, came in over the highway last night, accom- panied by Mrs, Day, daughters, | Miss Olive Day and ‘Mrs. og Hesser and baby, Ann. Up until several months ago, Rev. Day was making his home in} California, Recently he Lived at} Punta Gorda. He said he was glad! to get back to Key West. Rev, Day is well known to hun- dreds of folk here where he was} pastor during the world war. He} was appointed a chaplain in the! U. S. navy, and served a number! of years in that‘capacity. W. DEMERITT ON days aloft late yesterday, battled a dense low changing fog today. They were fighing exhaustion, | flying higher than the fog banks} } and were unable to see the ground. ‘FLORIDA COMES | FREIGHTER OZARK ARRIVES! IN PORT THIS MORNING FROM NEW ORLEANS | INSPECTION TRIP 1 iad dent of lighthouses, left this morn-| o'clock this morning ing on the Tender Ivy to imspect | Orleans, and sailed 1:45 for Mi-} the lighthouse at Sombrero Key.| ami and Jacksonville. The Steamer Florida of the P. and QO. S. S. company, arrived 8 o'clock this morning from Tampa {with a number of passengers for} | Havana and a few for Key West. | Freighter Ozark, of the Cly Demeritt, superinten-| Mallory Lines, arrived 1 from N Other light stations*will be in-/ Steamer Brazos, of .the same spected ‘and the tender will return } line, is due in port tonight from late this evening. H. B. Haskins,/ Galveston with freight for local assistant superintendent, is in-} merchants. The vessel will el | specting aids on the . west coastion cargo of live turtle and « These will be the last inspection | freight and proceed to Charleston j trips made during the year 1933.j and New York. REMAIN ALOFT! | DROP NOTE STATING PLANS) 29.—The record} pleted. their two hundred and six-/ planned to stay: aloft until tomor-| | the record of slightly more than eight! IN FROM TAMPA Twenty Killed, Wounded In | } | BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 29.— Outbreaks in two cities of Argen- | tina which the government de- | scribed as a radical revolt against | it, today resulted in at least 20 | deathe and the wounding of 100. A round-up of the situation re- vealed that authorities made he- | tweem 300 and 500 arrests in a | vigorous effort to suppress the up- | risings. Most of those killed were sol- One Hundred Revolutionary Activities In Buenos Aires (By Associated Press) Rosario. wounded at Santa Fe. The outbreaks followed radical conventions which not to participate in the election March. diers at Hirt Sunday | from other cities described as cen- ters of radicalism. Strict censorship on communi- | cation lines made it impossible to | get the true situation everywhere. } | Most Government it petivtilas tm; the Gia in | Key West will be governed during 1 as New Year’s holidays as was | effective during the Christmas pe- ried. Employes whose services Units Wil ythe mail received Sunday Monday morning, and all mail re- |ceived during Monday will be dis- | tributed to the boxes. Christmas is the only day | which the postoffice is closed all on | day and no deliveries or distribu-| are| | tion to boxes made. not necessary will be allowed Sat.| urday, Sunday and Monday off.) This does not, however, apply to | the postoffice, Regular working hours will be | observed during these days except | that on Monday, New Year's Day, the office will open at the regular i hour, § o'clock, and remain open urttii 10, | There will be one delivery, of | eoeeccecessoococoososece| WHERE TO GO TONIGHT Palace-——“The Exposure.” Strand—“From Headquarters”! nd “Master of Men.” TOMORROW Palace-——“Broken Dreams.” Strand—“Night Flight” “Prom Headquarters.” ta and Many were) voted | ; of he Chamber of) Nothing ‘thus fas has been ie jecity selling vegetables. For ANTI-LYNCHING LAW IS SUBJECT — FOR DISCUSSION DETERMINED FIGHT EXPECT- ED WHEN CONGRESS CON. VENES TO ENACT LEGISLA- TION ON MATTER By HERBERT PLUMMER (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.— Plans are being made for a de- | termined fight in congress this | winter for legislation which will put the power and prestige of the ) federal government against recur- | rence of lynchings in the future. There have been hints that President Roosevelt himself might |take a hand. The attitude of the | White House is well known, Mr. Roosevelt in on record as having said, “‘We do not excuse those in high places of in low who condone lynch law.” He describes it as “collective murder.” As for congress, already ~ steps have been taken, Senator Costi- gan, a democrat of Colorado, ap- pears to be the most active at the present. He is set to revive the movement in the coming session for a drastic federal anti-lynching law. The quiet, soft-spoken Colorado senator, recalling the speed with which the kidnaping law was en- acted following the abduction of the Liridbergh baby, believes these recent lynching incidents will shock congress ‘into action. Bill Being Prepared Just what form and how drastic the Costigan measure will be is as yet indefinite. The senator . is; working with several groups and kes experts in framing ‘his pro- d bill, He plans, however, to f58 it ready for introduction {early in the session. The last fight in congress to ob+ tain legislation of this nature oc- curred back in 1922 and provoked some of the stormiest scenes in congressional history. A federal anti-lynching law was being urged by former Representative Dyer of Missouri. The Dyer bill would have made county officials liable for mae | | prisoners and would have permit-| ‘ted suits by the heirs of the lyneh- ed persons. The Bloc Stopped It The bill passed the house on January 26, 1922, by a vote of 246 to 101. Three representatives {voted present and 80 were pre- vented from voting because they were paired. The measure was reported to | the senate on July 28 of the same year. It got little further. A fili- buster, led by a southern bloc of senators, forced the bill to die on 'the calendar. Representative Dyer re-intro- | duced his bill as late as.the sev- jenty-first congress in 1929, but | Was unable even to get it out of | committee. Costigan’s move will | be the first in this direction since that time. | i] | Enjoy Same Holiday Period On — ENOCH BAKER HAS | New Year’s As On Christmas} FALL ON STREET and, TAKEN TO LOCAL HOSPITAL) The AND GIVEN ATTENTION OF PHYSICIAN } Enoch Baker, well } hundreds of folk in | fell this Olivia and Duval street, lecerat- ing the scalp on the back of his he: Pritchard's ambulance was call- led and on arrival Mr, Baker was | found to be unconscious. He was ; tlaced in the ambulance and tak-| en to a local hospital. | The injured man has been | sufferer with paralysis for years band has fallen « number of times while pushing his cart around the known to Key West, morning at the corner of | 53 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West PRICE FIVE CENTS Girl Confesses To. Heinous _As Wynekoop Case Nears Trial) Slaying Of Younger Chum As He) || Result Of Street Argument Uses Broken Glass From Bottle Mutilating Face And Body After Strang- ling Child (By Associated Press) WHITE. PLAINS, N. Y., Dec. 29.—Aj 13-year-old girl has confessed, District At- torney Frank Coyne said to- day, to the murder last Sun- day of an eight-year-old girl chum. Mary Kavala, said Coyne, told him after long question- ing last night that she killed Josephine Moropay, hitting her on the head with a rock and strangling her. “T did it,” Coyne quoted the girl as saying, “Josie told a pack of lies about.me_ and my family. I did it. I lost my temper.” Josephine’s body was found Christmas Eve. Mary told authorities they had gone fora walk Saturday afternoon when an argu- ment arose over tales Mary said Josephine had been She said she hit her with a rock, stunning the younger girl, then strangled her with a string from an.old mop and an old automobile tire tube. She also said she broke a bottle, slashing’ the child’s face and body until she be- came exhausted. She then dragged the body under the steps of the St. Matthews Lyceum where it was found next day. ASSOCIAITON OF FISHERMEN HOLD MEET AT MIAMI CLEVELAND WELLS, REPRE- SENTATING MONROE COUN- TY, ATTENDS IN INTEREST OF LOCAL ORGANIZATION | Cleveland Wells, representing the Monroe County Fishermen's Association, is in Miami today at- tending a meeting of allied organ- izations throughout the state, The state representative of the fishermen’s associations will ad- —— the meeting which is to be attended, it is shown, by delegates from other groups in the state. Asked what the meeting is for Mr. Wells told The Citizen the idea is to get a better price for the catches that are now being offered. price now being offered is three cents per pound for mack- ere! and kingfish, and the fisher- jmen refuse to go out after the | sea food unless a better price ” | eseblished by the shippers through- out the state, he said. This question and other matters of vital importance to the fishing business will be thrashed out at the meeting, Mr. Wells ssid, and the decisions arrived at will be told on bis arrival tomorrow or | Sunday. STRAND THEATER George Brent- Margaret Lindsay in FROM HEADQUARTERS Jack Holt in MASTER OF MEN Matinee: Balcony, 10¢; Orches- [i= see Might 15.256