The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 24, 1934, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service OLUME LV. No. 21. Appalling Toll From India Estimated T we nt y-Five Thousand Were Lost In Catastrophe In One Sec- tion Alone => CALCUTTA, Jan. 24.— An appalling toll, well be-! yond that which was pre- viously hinted may be reach- ed in India’s e¢arthquake dead, it was indicated today when the Rajah of Monghyr said that deaths in Monghyr; alone have reached 25,000. It will be weeks, he add- ed, before the ruins can be removed to reveal incalcu- lable bodies buried by the quakes last. week. One engineer said a sur- vey showed the names of Monghyr and Muzaffarpur might as well be erased from the map. RELEASE WOMAN IN SLAYING OF JULIO QUETGLES NINE OTHERS STILL HELD IN; CUSTODY; MISS CASON SAID} TO, HAVE ACCUSED.'BOB CASH-IN KILLING Peggy Cason, who was being held as star witness to the killing of Julio Quetgles in Miami Satur- day night, was released, but nine others are still in custody. Miss Cason accused Bob Cash} of the murder of Quetgles while) he was in bed in a house at num- ber 10 Northwest 11th Street. | Police think Cash is the proprietor of the place where about 100 pints of moonshine liquor was found when they started an _ investiga- tion. Cash denies all knowledge of the shooting but admits owner- ship of a revolver which was found in a sink with one empty shell. Three empty shells were found in the room where Quetgles was killed. He was shot twice in the chest and Henry Pate, another inmate of the house, was wounded in the arm. BY AUTO TODAY YOUNG SON OF ROBERT a DER IS NOT CONSIDERED TO BE SERIOUSLY INJURED | Late this afternoon the young son of Mr. and Mrs, Robert der, of 1106 Angela street, knocked down by an epsauenceer| driven by a Mr. Valdes. The youngster was standing on Indicated ’s Earthquake Fh heh hd bb dd) CUBA RECOGNIZED BY GREAT BRITAIN (By Associated Press) LONDON, Jan. 24.— The British government today recognized the new government of Cu- ba under President Car- los Mendieta. | This action followed | closely on the recogni- ; tion accorded the Cuban republic yesterday by | the United States. YE Ladd dd ded SEARS TRYING TO HAVE SHIPS COME IN HERE CONGRESSMAN THANKS COM- MERCE BODY FOR INFOR- MATION FURNISHED ON DEPTH OF’ LOCAL HARBOR Congressman W. J. Sears, at large, of Florida, has written the letter of thanks for information rela- tive to the maximum depth of Key West harbor andy other data forwarded. P . This was asked by Mr. Sears in a communication advising that a number of vessels of the U. S. Navy will stop in Key West har- bor on the return of the fleet from the west coast next spring, as published in The Citizen of January 18. The congressman writes that he has transmitted the information to Admiral Standley, chief of op- erations of the Bureau of Naviga- tion, with the assurance that offi- cers and enlisted men will be shown every courtesy by the citi- zens of Key West. JUDGE BROWNE NAMED HULLEY PALLBEARER INVITED AS HONORARY MEM- BER ALONG WITH MANY OTHER OUTSTANDING FIG- URES IN STATE chamber of commerce a !mer Chicago |January 31. {his fight against extradition to the er is her responsibility. United States where he is wanted ‘LARGE PAYROLL The Kep West CitwBen eee KEY WEST, FLORIDA, REJECT PLEA OF INSULL AGAINST HIS — SUPREME STATE COUNCIL; (By Associated Press) | TOKYO, Jan, 24—A carefully WOULD NOT OPPOSE GOV-| charted life, leading toxwhat his| ERNMENT RULING CALLING future subjects regard as emin- FOR HIS GETTING OUT janes more than mortal, lies ahead j of the infant crown prince of | Japan. ’ (Ry Associated Press) Already a household has been ATHENS, Jan, 24,—The su- set up around the cradle of Prince | preme state council today rejected | axihito Tsugu-no-Miya, Gaal an appeal Si Insull, for-; a as % Lat & pence operator, jof Emperor Hirohito and Empre from a government ruling that he , Nagako. In addition to two nurs must leave Greece at the expira-'and numerous servants, a gover- tion of his police residence permit ness has been appointed. Th ? eau { Public Career Launched hus, apparently, was dissipat-- 4). y: sna7at a ed Insull’s final hope of_remain-! She is Viscountess ae one ing in his Athenian retreat where Widow of a famous general. The} he has, won two court victories in | earliest training of the future rul- only Later a tutor, probably one of to face charges based on the col- the empire's most illustrious sub- Ixpse of the utilities empire which’ . i é he founded. | jects, will be assigned to the boy. j The tutor of the present emperor, ‘for example, was that of | heroes, Admiral Count Heihachiro Togo, victor in battle of the Sea of Japan. | FOR CWA FORCES 2: . ienth day of his life, his “naming | day,” December 29. Then the big; AMOUNT FOR PERIOD STAT- £8 of the artillery of the cap- ital’s garrison, thundered the im- ED SAID TO BE $22,182.20; perial 21-gun salute. Prince Aki | EOTHIMENIANDIWOMENIN. to’s whole life is likely to be a succession of such salutes. CLUDED IN OPERATIONS | hero Additional milestones of his life; have been set up. It has been de- , creed that on his seventh birthday Starts In WEDNESDAY, JA Cradle Training Of Japan’s Prince fant On Mapped-Out Life JARY 24, 1934. Officialdom Rears Their ine CCOOCOOETOOCOCOCETOTOOOTUOCOOO OOOO COOCEOOOOOOROOO® A governess already has been STATE OFFICERS TAKE UP SEVERAL ‘ COUNTY MATTERS COMMISSIONER AND_ ENGI- NEER OF ROAD DEPART- MENT HOLD CONFERENCE WITH COUNTY OFFICIALS Commissioner W. P. Mooty and Engineer R. L. Bow, of the State’ Road Department, are in confer-} ence this afternoon with Repre- sentative William V. Albury and) the county commissioners. \ Subject of the meeting is the! matter of the budget for the year! 1934 and the allotment of funds} for work in this district. Another matter of interest is the proposed new bridge from Key West to Stock Island, This mat- ter was taken up several days ago by a representative of the depart- ment who recommended a wooden bridge. At the meeting this afternoon it is the intention of the Monroe county body and Mr. Albury to urge that the present bridge be re- placed with one of concrete with an elevation of about 6 feet more | than the one now in place. The state road officials yester- day advised B. A. Papy of their arrival on the Havana Special to- day and asked that the meeting be appointed for the infant son of The sum of $22,182.20 is the amount of the payrolls for work- ers of the CWA and FERA for he is to be invested with the grand order of merit and the grand order of the chrysanthe- mum, highest decorations of the | this imperial couple. Emperor Hirohito and Empress Nagako of | Japan, the first step in the carefully prepared path which the prince- | ling must follow through life. In the background is a section of the lantern procession which marked popular joy at the birth of arranged, | the past week, including the wom- en employes, [vost : | Of this amount, $21,338.60 goes , First Born To Purple | to men and $843.60 to the women.' At 10 he will be commissioned | It is understood that part of the a sub-lieutenant in the army and, money for the men ‘represents navy. At 18 he will reach his ma-; payments that are overdue: {jority and the whole nation will All of the employes on the pro-| be en fete. jects have had their working time; Perhaps none of the future fes. reduced 20 percent this week.'tivals will surpass in spontanei! Heretofore they worked 30 hours] that which greeted the princeling’s weekly. birth. One special reason for that Beginning Monday they started] was that he is the first of the Sun! on the new schedule of 24 hours | Goddess’ 2,500-year-old dynasty to| weekly according to instructions become crown prince at birth. The j received by Director W. W. De-! principle that the eldest son of meritt from Tallahassee. the emperor should succeed to the throne was not established _ in| ; Japan until the adoption in 1889, | je We of the law of imperial succession. | BABBITT ARRIVES, In the nearly 25 centuries which | COLE ALSO COMES IN AND IS devout Japanese believe have) elapsed since establishment of EXPECTED TO REMAIN FOR FEW DAYS their dynasty in 660 B. C., the heirs to the throne have been chos- 4 en from among any of the sons, brothers or nephews of the reign-| ing monarch, usually by the ruler | himself just before his death or} | abdication. The U. S. Destroyer Babbitt ar-| Emperors Meiji and rived yesterday afternoon and great-grandfather and grand- docked. about 3 o'clock at the father of the new prince, were naval station pier for oil and wa-'born before the present law was ter, {adopted. Hirohito was born while Destroyer Cole came in at 5:30 his grandfather was still on the jast_ evening and is expected to’ throne and hence was only son of; remain for a few days. Both of the crown prince. the vessels were assigned to duty But Prince Akihito, from birt when the restlessness in Cuba be- has been the ‘“Kotaishi Den! came such as to warrant the U. S. Taisho, Among the prominent Flori-| dians, including Governor Sholtz,! ex-Governor Doyle Carlton and! others invited as honorary _ pall- jbearers for the funeral ‘ites of | the next 24 hours, it is said. Dr. Lincoln Hulley, president of} | Stetson University, is Judge Jef-| "| ferson B. Browne, of Key West. | Dr. Hulley was scheduled to come to Key West to deliver a lecture on education in the First Baptist church and was to have or “His Imperial Highness, the! sendipg vessels to patrol Cuban Crown Prince,” marked to become waters, the 125th occupant of “the august Other vessels of the U. S. Navy: high seat” and to carry on “the in port are the Destroyers Dupont, Badger and Tillman. The Ellis and Claxton are expected within escendants of the Sun God- FERRY BOAT SAILS | FOR NO NAME KEY Mrs. Carl Mitchell of this city believes in patronizing home ind She had her car towed 600 m from Peoria, Ill., where she hit al the sidewalk watching an airplane,}peen the guest of Judge Browne, | MONROE COUNTY LEAVES TO bridge railing, to her home town) it is said, and stepped in front of the car. As soon as the accident hap- pened the driver stopped the ca got out, picked up the injured boy} and getting back in his car drove rapidly to a local hospital. Examination showed several minor bruises about the boy's body and a cut in the scalp, in which two stitches were taken. The attending p! cian stated to; Officer Alberto Camero that the| youngster would be alright. JT SUNDAE BARS | JUST IN j Also large variety of flavors of during his stay. i After the funeral the body of Dr. Hulley will be placed in a re- taining vault at Daytona Beach until the completion of Eloise, Chimes Tower, now named Hulley Tower, where it will a niche in its base. occupy WHERE TO GO Pecceccccsccsccccccsccce TONIGHT Palace — Montgomery Players present “Under Western Skies.” Strand—“Myrt and Margo" and “Meet the Baron.” to have it repaired. RESUME RUN BETWEEN | | | TWO FLORIDA KEYS The 1934 Plymouths Are Coming Soon! Ferry Monroe County of the county ferry system, sailed today for No Name Key to take up the schedule between that point and Lower Matecumbe tomorrow morn- ing. The vessel has been on the ways for the past several weeks rgoing thorough overhaul and repair and is now in first class condition, j As soon as several other vessel taken out on the ways pairs the Ferry F und line unbroken for ages eternal of ‘ other Jersey Ice Cream TOMORROW S for repairs to the hull an: ove ‘Gato & Navarro, Inc. 601 Duval Street an heir to the throne. WESTBERRY GETS | State (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Jan, 24.—The} administration's willingness to ac- cept some vital committee legislation made going easier for it today in) . the senate, but it was not too changes in monetary | its easy at that. While the house devoted jthird day to the navy strengthen-| rived $820,000,000 bill to carry) ing bill preparatory to passing it late in the afternoon, Democratic } Leader Robinson took into senate; ate news that President Roose- velt would accept three-year time limitation put by the com-| mitee yesterday on his devaluation; powers and on the $2,000,000,000 d. s not so se the learned of a abilization fu All w inasmu ene, however, senate simultane- the administra- ving a board the treasury the stablization cha tion opposition to t operate of nt Garner gave e the right From Huey Long’s Candidate In Municipal NEW ORLEANS, Jan Senator Huey Long, whose city! ticket ran second to that headed by Mayor Semmes Walmsley in yesterday's democratic primary, said today he would have no state- ment until he heard from some of the less important contests as d Congress Will Soon ~ Grant Necessary Funds For Continuing CWA Operations | and it was hoped the spirit of jcarry the CWA until May. Associated Press) 24.—! precincts gave Walmsley (By Associated Press) VALDOSTA, Georgia, Jan. 24.—Allen Westberry today was convicted for the second time by a Lowndes county superior court jury for the murder of Mrs. W. H. Brown- ing, and was sentenced to die _ DEATH SENTENCE: For 54 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West PRICE FIVE CENTS Four Persons Abducted In California Strike Trouble ' Police, Sheriffs And Many Other Officials Making An Endeavor To Pre- serve Order (By Associated Press) - BRAWLEY, Cal., Jan, Abductions strained relations to- day between vegetable field strikers and farmers of the rich imperial valley of southern Cali-- fornia. sheriffs, deputies and arded vantage points in an effort to pre- Police, state highway patrolmen serve order. Three lawyers and a were kidnaped from a crowded hotel lobby here last subsequently released in scatter- woman night and ed nearby towns after one of them apparently had been beaten. A little later four asserted Communists from San Diego were forcibly escorted from the town with warnings not to return. The trouble started when group of unidentified men stalked into the hotel lobby and made off with A. L. Wirin, representative of the American Civil Liberties Union, shortly before he was to have spoken to 1500 Mexican workers. Grover Johnson, San Bernar- dino lawyer, his wife, and David Sokol, Los Angeles lawyer, were also taken hy a band of men when they followed the group from the lobby trying to release Wirin. Wirin, face slightly cut and bruised, turned up several hours later 15 miles away. The others were located in separate towns. Brawley has been the center of a series of labor disputes técéntly. Authorities have charged Com- munist agitators as being respon- Tortugas Li To Rank Among way as soon as the senate ~- met, compromise would make a_ vote possible this week. Congress probably soon will grant another $850,000,000 for relief of which $350,000,000 is to The money was advocated by the presi- dent. An administration | quick-step was placed behind the newly-ar- the treasury and postoffice de- partments through the year begin- ning in July. President Roosevelt plans early’ discussions with the Mendieta gov- | a ernment at Havana on sugar,| “* condition today than ever be-| Platt Amendment and other ques-| fore. tions. The senate subcommittee heard Tile: waei:teld cies Ciisenahy the municipal bankruptcy bill ad-| H. B. Haskins, assistant superin- vocated by Representative Mark mal Wilcox of Florida, who said 2,019 | municipal and county government just completed an inspection of all) were now in default on debts of | rver $2,000,000,000 and the num-/| ber was increasing. | { | Tortugas light station is one of the most modern and up to date| stations on the coast. It is in bet- tendent of lighthouses, who stations on the east coast. All of the buildings and strue- equipped. The electric light in the lantern is | of 1,500,000 candle power and on ja clear night can be seen many) |miles by mariners, It is 151 | feet frm the ground to the focal | plane. | The four dwellings of the keep- ers and their families are all elec. |tric lighted, have electric refrig-} leration, running water, hot and, cold, and all modern sanitary ar-| rangements and conveniences. The house passed the navy bill and sent it to the senate. tures are electrically Race Yesterday | | Telephone System ' There is also an intercommuni- cating telephone system. In each dwelling there is a phone, one in the radio beacon house and one in the top of the light. Heretofore) a keeper had to descend 151 feet to communicate with another and then climb back to his post. The latest in radios can be |found at the station and in the residences of the keepers. Com-} munication with Key West is had twice daily by radio telephone ac- 41,000 to slightly less than 27,000 for John Klorer, endorsed by Long. . Track Arrives Tonight Many Situated With complete line of Fruits} cording to schedule. sible for the bad feeling in the vegetable fields. ght Station Shown Most Modern Of Along Coastline The radiobeacon starts automa- tically, sending out its signals at stated intervals. It is also syn- ‘chronized to begin during the first 15 minutes of each hour. Signal- {ling for one*minute and ceasing two. Immediately this period comes to an énd Fowey Rocks radio- beacon starts and pursues the same schedule. When this period is concluded the beacon at Eg- mont Key begins signalling and |continues for 15 minutes. Synchronizing Method So accurate is this synchroni- zation, it is said, that it is only on rare occasions that one station will overlap another's signals, and then by not more than one second, Power for the electrical ar- rangements at Tortugas is deriv- ed from three 5 kilowatt genera- tors, two burning Diese] oi] and ne other, which is automatic and generates power for the radio. beacon, using gasoline, Dwellers on the island have long since ceased to take their strolls over the rocky formation from one place to another. Today they use concrete sidewalks, with which the inhabited part of the island has been provided. Voyaging between Tortugas and Key West is made easy by us- ing a good seagoing motor boat that has been tested in rough wea- ther on a number of occasions and has proven exceptionally sea- worthy, STRAND THEATER Ted Healy-Eddie Foy, Jr., in wel! and Vegetables. as further returns from the We will be However, in the event that MYRT AND MARGE open until 9:30 p. m. TIFT’S CASH GROCERY ; | { Phone 675 Jack Pearl-Jimmy Durante in MEET THE BARON Matinee: Balcony, 10¢; Orches- ‘| tra 15-200; Night 1§-25¢ other communication is necessary, arrangements are made for calling at any house that may be deemed 1117 Division se. je xpedient, is understood that the Ferry West will repaired as the Plorida Keys is reed PRONE 600 It’s Delicious Palace — Montgomery P' GARDNER’S PHARMACY present “Over the River Charl Phone 177 Free Delivery) Strand—“‘Design For = Livin: jand “Myrt and Marge.” ers It mayoralty race. vf i for All but 22 of the city’s 262