The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 2, 1934, Page 1

For 54 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Tie Kep West Citizen — KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1934. President Enters 34 In Good Health (Great Damage, Misery And Distress ~ Despite Ten Months’ Grinding Work Result From Floods In California VOLUME LV. No.2. PRICE FIVE CENTS ‘President Roosevelt Assured ~~ Of Hearty Support From:Both- - Branches Of Coming -‘pavactes OF Fre Siver SUPREME COURT f Goinare Hevins To! GIVES DECISION ie “") ” INSPONGE CASE REVERSES DECREE OF CIR- CUIT COURT IN CASE OF PERKY PROPERTIES VER- SUS B. FELTON, OTHERS * (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Jan. 2. —Pledges of support for Rooseveltian policies sound- ed a heavy overtone in both ; wings of the capitol in to- William H. Malone is in receipt day's eve of the regular sit-jof a telegram from the Supreme q ' ting of the seventy-third con- Court of Florida, advising him : that the: court ‘has reversed the ress session, — nevertheless| deeree of the Cireuit. Court of packing some hint of | fire- Monroe County, entered by: Judge Atkingon, in the case of Perky works before its end. A hot] Properties, Inc., vs. Ben Felton, 5 : et al. debate, in fact, may not be The reasons for the reversal are long delayed. not stated in the telegram, but i .} the opinion will be here in a day Preerpliver coinage mere or two, when the full details will ¢ates, hoping to make bimet-| be learned. F 4 rt Discussing the issue with The ee ee rue, 0087 | citsee, Mee Malone gave the fol hinted they might thrust|iowing condensed outline of the £ the question forward imme-} history of the case from the time of the first experiments in the diately should there be any’ artificial growing of sponge up to lull in starting the legislative | the present si iaarng she lean “Dr. J. V. Harris learned of machinery. the experiments being made by the Congressional eyes turned often toward the White United States Bureau of Fisheries to artifically propagate sponge. At that time, Dr. Harris owned _ House where President} the paaioe Seago the land sur- ‘ : rounding Sugar Sound. Roosevelt polished his legis-)""r,6'sound being almost’ land- » lative requests. pandora ues conduied his imen be ‘is efforts Leaders conceded that his demonstrated conclusively that the: ‘could “be “artifically~ pro- for the coming, sesston, | Paeated. ¥ . : Right Granted He apparently WAS BSSUT-] «tn 1897 the legislature granted ed, following a three-hour ig persons the right to plant meet ing a) propagate sponge in the wa- mon ig REI last ters. adjacent to their lands and night, full democratic sup-| granted police protection over the ort for a‘series of budget: beds of planted. sponge. After Meo oe _ {the passage of this act, Dr. Har- ommen erates may | ris took advantage of its _provi- -) contain surpri es. 5 sions and went into the sponge culture quite extensively. ; “In 1899 the legislature repealed SEAS TE OUTLINES he act of 1897, which in effect ORDER OF BUSINESS deprived land owners of the right WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.—The: to police the waters in which they . senate democratic policy commit- | had planted sponge. But the 4 tee today made the senate’s first] Act of 1899 specifically retained d order of business liquor tax and |*!! vested rights which had been , Distriet of Columbia liquor regu- The rights acquired by Dr. Harris ~ Roosevelt to make reciprocal tar- iff treaties without senate ratifi- cation, ~ Announcing the result of the first meeting, Senator Robinson, majority leader, said the adminis- ~\» — tration bill to permit the presi- dent to appoint the governor of Hawaii from mainland would a eral years afterwards. “Tn 1909 Dr. Harris sold his en- W. Chase was tion of sponge successfully and on a large scale. “At one time he had over fifty men empleyed and several large vessels gathering in sponge for planting purposes, Approximate- ly $100,000 was spent in the in- dustry. “This continued until the break- and forceful message on budget,” _ Robinson said, adding it will be sent to the capitol probably Thurs- ~ day. TO DELIVER MESSAGE TOMORROW IN PERSON » WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.-—Pres- ident Roosevelt notified congres- sional leaders today he planned te deliver his first annual mes- sage to congress tomorrow in per- ‘Son. owing to the embargo of the Brit- ish government prohibiting the ex- portation of all funds, except for ‘war purposes, the without funds to continue, as the wealthy stockholders in Mr. Chase’s company resided in Eng- land. “As a result the conipany failed TONIGHT and went into bankruptcy admin- Palace —- Montgomery Players! istered by the Federal Court in present “City Wise and Country} Chicago. The property was then Relations.” m sold under decree of court, to- Strand — “Girl Without ,, *jeether with all vested rights. The Room” and “Havana Widows. present owners of the property ac- quired title through this proced- TOMORROW ure, and all vested rights to propa- Palace — Montgomery Players} gate sponge and police the area. present “City Wise and Country; in which the sponge were planted Relations,” and which had been acquired by Strand—“tf I Were Free” and} Dr. Harris under the Act of 1897, were also transferred to the pres- ent owners. Defines Act In 1929, the present owners, desiring to resume the industry on acquired by Dr. Harris under lation bills, and predicted the| in Sugar Loaf Sound under the} granting of power to President; Act of 1897 were unimpaired. Dr. | Harris continued his work for sev-| industry was | a large scale which required. a large amount of capital, the ques-) tion of.qrhat vested rights had/ Hunter Bridge and Iron works,| also a New Yorker, i stolen. dition. By HERBERT PLUMMER (By Axsociated Prens) WASHINGTON, Jan, 2.—After 10 months of perhaps one of the hardest grinds ever suffered by a president, Franklin D. Roosevelt enters the new year in as good if not better physical condition than when he was inaugurated last March 4. Lt. Com. Ross T, McIntire, the navy physician who guards _ his health, declares that, considering patient has been subjected, he has never seen a man who has reacted with such keen enjoyment. President Roosevelt has worked long a auguration, March 4, But close associates say he begins the new year in excellent good physical con- the unénding grind to which -his! rycen and hard, even on some of ‘his vacation trips, since his in- There has been no let-up in the, ing around in the White House demands made on the president; swimming pool. | since the day he was inaugurated.| He has undergone periodical | Work has followed him wherever'| physical examinations since March | he has gone. | 4 to keep tab on his physical con- The nearest approach to a com-! dition. plete rest he has had since enter-| Mr. Roosevetl’s day starts at ing the White House was when he} 8:30, when he breakfasts, -Often returned to Washington from} his secretariat is present. He ar- Hyde Park early in September on/rives at his office at 11 except Vincent Astor’s yacht Nourmahal. ; on Wednesday, when he gets there Even then the navy’s wireless kept | at 10:30. | contact with him. | He lunches around 1:15 at his | .Mr, Roosevelt continues to'desk. At 6 o’clock or a_ little | swim as his chief form of exer-j after he returns to the White cise and relaxation. He averages; House cither for a swim or rest. three or four times a week splash-| He retires around midnight. RFC PURCHASES © MUCH GOLD TO BOOST. PRICES IN ADDITION TO FOREIGN PURCHASES METAL IN THIS COUNTRY TOTALLED OVER $24,000,000 (Ry Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.—The ‘ | Reconstruction Finance Corpora- ; acquired under the act of 1897./ tion made known today it had pur- chased $50,000,000 of gold in the administration's fort to boost commodity prices. In the meanwhile the RFC offer of $34.06 am ounce fér doniéstic tire holdings to Fiorida Fruit and; gold, newly mined; was repeated Spenge Company, in which Charles | for the tenth consecutive -the dominating | ness day. owner and manager. Mr. Chase/ erected quite a few buildings on said in addition to foreign gold Sugar Loaf Key and developed the | purchases the metal bought’ by the industry of the artificial propaga-| RFC in. this country totalled $24,- | 800,000. Chairman Jones of the, RFC ‘FREIGHT VESSEL | POWERS LEAVES i ! ing out of the European War and SAILS FOR COLLIER CITY TAK-/ | ING UP REGULAR RUN i FOR SEASON | The Freighter C, W. Powers of | the Thompson Fish company, sail- jed teday for Collier City with a jeargo of containers for a large j company: dealing in packed sea { food _ products. After being closed for a num- ber of months the factory was re- opened several weeks ago and the i first cargo from the factory was {received at the Clyde-Mallory | docks last week for shipment north | Friday. | Regular trips by the Powers will continue during the season as this is the only vessel handling ‘the products of the company to! | this port. | BRIDGE STOLEN ASHLAND, Neb.—A__ bridge wear this city belonging to the }weighing 60,000 pounds, was . foreign} ef-j busi-| IFORMER SENATOR. ‘KEY WESTBANK HEFLIN SEEKING | MEMBER OF NEW “SEAT IN HOUSE) DEPOSIT AGENCY ALABAMAN SAYS HE WILL BE! ORGANIZATION FULLY PRO- | CANDIDATE FOR PLACE IN} TECTS ALL MONEY DEPOS- PRIMARY TO BE HELD DUR-| ITED IN INSTITUTION UN- ING COMING YEAR | DER FEDERAL GUARANTEE The Federal Deposit Insurance | Corporation becomes effective | today and the First National Bank {of Key West. has received its cer- By HERBERT PLUMMER (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Jan. 2,—An- other- veteran in senate service is out to make a political comeback’ tificate of membership. by seeking a seat in the house of; This news should afford great representatives. This time it ' gratification to depositors and ‘Tom Heflin of Alabama. Reaping a igplentasairas Heflin has announced he will be ,), 2 jal candidate for the house in the! fifth Alabama congressional dis- ttict.in the primary next May. He | will oppose Miles Allgood, elected is | federal guarantee. Banks that have been accorded |membership in the corporation from that district for six consecu-| have been first thoroughly ex- tive terms, |amined by United States The former Alabama senator is! examiners, and each detail of the | beginning anew in his quest for | workings of the individual system seat in the house. He served inj has been analyzed to the minutest {nine congresses as a representa etail. tive of the fifth district, then re-! After the solidity of the system | signed to enter the senate. {and the bank has been determined He served in the senate until’ beyond the shadow of a doubt | defeated in 1930 by John H. Bank-! then, and not till then, is the cer- head, following a bitter struggle in| tificate of membership in the in- which he was read out of the dein-| surance corporation issued. ocratic party in his state and/ Wm. R. Porter, president of the | forced to run as an independent. | First National Bank of Key West, Heflin. contested the election! is confident that patrons of the | unsuccessfully before the senate} bank will be pleased to know that and then retired from _poltics. | deposits in the local institution i Ex-Senators In House j are now as safe, under any cireum- Attempting a return to some-! stances, as deposits in the Postal | thing like their former station. in| Savings Accounts. national polities by way of the} house is becoming more and more; popular among ex-senators. GETS SMALL REWARD — | There are two such men now} BELFAST.—Mrs. Mary Bar- Sitting in the house. j row of this city, who found and One is James W. Wadsworth,| r eturned $10,000 lost by a bank- given a reward of ‘ Jr., of New York, who served two] er, was stv te. the senate: before tes. was conta. defelited in 1926 by Senator Wag-}| ———________—_ ner. | Wadsworth’s pos: | publican party at the present time} jis one of prominence. Although) disclaiming any desire for political | advancement at the time he enter- ed the house, the fact remains} | that his name figures largely in all | discussions of who the republican | presidential candidate will be inj 1936, Wadsworth and Ogden Mills,/ are looked upon at present as the outstand- (Cogtinued on Page Four) er, of The Sun God But A Human i ee | i ion in the re-| Daughter H hat every penny deposited in the| that there would be no extension | institution is fully protected by} of time and the sale of licenses bank| extension, owners of trucks and { j 1 } | vor today fe: the U.S New York Mayor Decides On Thorough ‘House Cleaning’ (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, Jan. 2.—j;new commissioner is Gen- The new mayoral broom|eral John F. O’Ryan, started today to sweep Mayor LaGuardia warned clean, “clean house sind polieg that crooks and rack- clean it thoroughly,” Mager! eteers must be kept out, and LaGuardia said. that it was up to them to One-of the first things he| keep crime vut, and if they did was to talk turkey with| could not, to get out them- the police’department whose’ selves, Projects Beginning New Year (By Associated Press) TALLAHASSEE, Jan 2—) Fourteen counties were Turning into the new year) represented in today’s ap- with 100,000 men on its pay- rolls, the CWA today an- nounced approval of more than $2,300,000 of addition- al “preferred projects.” | provals which brought. to $7,500,000 the total preferred projects ap- |more than proved since December 27. AUTO OWNERS — BACKWARD IN GETTING TAGS eeeve TWO MARRIAGES — TAKE PLACE ON | NEW YEAR’S DAY ONLY 135 STATE LICENSES;ONE LICENSE OBTAINED OBTAINED THUS FAR; 840! SHORT TIME AFTER OFFICE LESS THAN PURCHASED| OPENED YESTERDAY; AN- HERE LAST YEAR | OTHER ISSUED LATER ON Up to date automobiie owners The marriage market opened and owners of trucks have pur-) yesterday with a rush. Two li- chased 186 state vehicle licenses,| censes were issued from the office which is just 840 less than were! of Judge Hugh Gunn, and two purchased last year. marriages were celebrated. This is a rather poor showin] Shortly after opening pours a in the opinion of Tax Collector! couple arrived at the office and Frank H. Ladd, who told The Citi-| secured a wedding permit. Before zen that Governor Sholtz has no intention of extending the time limit for purchase of tags. Two weeks ago the salient points of a letter by the governor to all tax collectors were published in The Citizen.. It was set forth tary Public J. G. Piodela. Later in the day another per- last night the couple presented themselves at the residence of Judge Gunn, Fleming and Whie- head streets, and two more hearts were made happy. . This should not be taken as a forerunner of many marriages, it was said in the office of the judge this morning. Some pears with only a few weddings in Janu- ary several hundred ceremonies were performed before the end of the year. Years ago it was not an un- common record to show 300 mar- will close on the date specified. Unless the chief executive changes his views and makes this} automobiles will, within a few} days, find themselves outside of the law and liable to arrest and fine. An official notification relative to the time limit for purchases fall far short of this. During the year past the li- Third Catastrophe To Oc- cur In Period Of Nine Months; Three Thou- sand Homes Damaged (By Associated Press) LOS ANGELES, Jan 2.— The horror of another catas- months, flooded Southern California with misery, dis- tress and enormous dam- age today. Sunday, the greatest sin- gle day of rainfall in history here, loosed flood waters which had drowned at least 31 persons. In October, 29 men were cremated in a brush _ fire. Last March, an earthquake terrorized the southern por- tion. claiming 102 lives. Between eight and 15 inches of rain suddenly pouring down as through a trap door had been sprung in leaden skies which had threatened bad weather for a week, created scenes of havoc, second only to the appalling damage of the earthquake. y ‘police listed 27 persons as missing, Thirty-five « had suffered serious injury .and hundreds were treated for lesser hurts inflicted by avalanches of debris pour- ing from surrounding moun- tainsides over populated areas, Hardly an acre of the metropolitan area escaped without some scar. Fear and leaving they were married by No-| grief were written into their faces as people searched mit was issued and at 8 o’clock,morgues and hospitals for missing kin. Store owners, gladdened by the rush of holiday busi- ness that had bettered re- cords of three years, survey- ed store stock damaged by silt and water. Others counted possibly ~ 3,000 homes and 1,500 au- | tomobiles da'naged badly riages during the year, Now they; by water. A score of bridges were washed out with other and the penalty for becoming de-| censes issued exceed by only aj highway and railway dam- linquent, will be published in The/| small margin the 100 mark. Fol- Citizen tomorrow. |lowing are the issues monthly; Last year owners of trucks pur-| January, 8; February, 5; March, chased 125 licenses and auto own. ers purchased 850. Mr. Ladd is} of the opinion there are approxi-, brides, 6; July, 11; August, 9; mately 850 owners without licenses September, 10; October, 5; No- at the present time. vember, 8 and December, 10, mak- — jing a total for the year of 104. (eatouat nar. TENDER POPPY ISLE OF PINES! — } DESTROYER McF ARLAND| The Lighthouse Tender Poppy LEAVES TODAY WHICH HAD BEEN IN PORT | “®* ordered to Tampa Bay and other points on the west const LEFT THIS MORNING and sailed this morning to make repairs to and replacements of aids to navigation. 9; April, 11; May, 12; Jane, uni- erally known as the month of The U. S. Destroyer McFarland, | which arrived in port about one week before Christmas, sailed this morrow for operations in Miami harbor and vicinity. morning for the Isle of Pines. Se ee rn Fines. |_|) STRAND THEATER er Chas. Farrell and Marguerite ship will proceed to Guantanamo Bay for short range target po), Churchill in GIRL WITHOUT A ROOM Joan Blondell-Glenda Farrell in Senvenns HAVANA WIDOWS Badger and the Const Guard Cut-|] Matinee: Baleony, 10¢; Orches- ter Saukee: ibtes 15-206; Night 15.266 Government vessels in the har- Tender Poinciana will leave to-| The family, former Key W: age. FRANK H. CURRY WINNER OF LOT FORMER KEY WESTER MADE PRESENTATION OF Mi- AMI PROPERTY Frank Herman Curry, son of Mr. and Mrs. U. L. Curry, former- ly of Key West, was the fortunate winner of a lot last week in Mi- ami. Q ers, now make their home in