The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 1, 1934, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service VOLUME LV. No. 28. New Japanese War Minister Denies Any Plans Looking For Conflict With Russia wooo w eae ws RECKLESS DRIVING Speed is a mighty fine thing. It is good to know that your machine will _re- spond when you need it, but most of the accidents are due to the fact that the driver is speeding beyond the power of control. Too many acci- dents happen on straight roads on clear days, from speeding. Remember that children will run out from side streets, cows and other animals are on the main high- ways. Never drive a car ata speed greater than you can control. One of the greatest mistakes drivers can make is to believe that the road clear. REMEMBER, AUTOMO- BILES KILLED OVER 500 PEOPLE IN FLORIDA DUR- ING 1933. LET’S STOP IT. Also Claims He Cannot See Any Japanese-American Differences Justifying War Activities By Associated Press) TOKYp, Feb. 1.—There will 2» Russo-Japanese ) War “unless the war is car- ' ried to us by the other side,” | General Senjuro Hayashy told the Associated Press to- day in the . first interview ' since he became war min-j ister, succeeding General Sadao Araki. At the same time Hayashi Said he “was incapable of _@onceiving any Japanese-| (By Governor’s Committee on érican differences justify-; P¥>lic Safety.) any belief in a future | OPQ Qa aaa a marae Amevicen wae" YOUNG PORTER 10 | GET POSITION IN “@¥ations for any war with Russia,” the General said flatly. “Our dispositions in “Manchuria are merely aimed at fulfilling our treaty obli-! gations to defend Manchu- ~kuo. We are out for peace.” He said charges by Soviet “signs on Russian maritime province of northern Sag- thalien are absurd. JAMES MOORE ' AP POINTED AS | Bridge District, will go to work CWA OFFICER | : was revealed by his uncle here to- FORMAL NOTIFICATION auv.| : e EN AS RESULT OF MEETING | “*** OF COUNCILS CONDUCTED YESTERDAY WM. R. PORTER CONTINUES CONFERENCES WITH PWA sak Risin BRIDGE PROJECT B> PAUL MAY Special Washing Correspondent of The Citizen WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 1. J. Y. Porter, IV, William R. Porter, general mana- nephew of j ger of the Overseas Road and Toll next month as a junior counsel in the internal revenue bureau, Young Porter's was made recently, it was said. He is now in Norfolk, Virginia, with his mother, awaiting orders to re- port for work. S. Moore was James Continued conferences ee disbursing officer for! pwa officials are bringing the| Civil; Works Administration | day closer when approval of the and treasurer of the Federal Emer-+ “gency Relief Administration at a meeting of the councils yesterday. These positions’ were formerly held by E. A. Strank, Jr., who re-| signed because of the demands! made on his time as manager of! the South Florida Contracting and | Engineering company. | Mr. Strunk, however, retains his | membership on the FERA council and the CWA administration. Committee Handling Roosevelt Ball Gratified Over Success; Thanks All For Cooperation formally Overseas bridge loan will be grant- fed, Mr. Porter said today. Wed- nesday he spent several hours with the executive assistant to Colonel Waite, deputy Public | Works Administrator, FINALLY ARRESTED LONDON. — David Donaldson was arrested for a theft committed | in this city 25 years ago. Gratified over the the President's Ball might, the general committee charge of arrangements is taking in| the decorations and to the en- listed personnel who this method of extending thanks | hanging the flags. assisted in to all who in any way participated! © W. W. Demeritt, superintendent im that success. e Lady sponsors are congratulated eon their skill, ta: displayed in the decorations and) their industry in carrying out the| plans. The Country Club membershi for the use of their bea: hheuse and their cooperation. Officers of the navy j of the Seventh Lighthouse Dis- trict, and Engineer B. Curry Mo- d artistry j reno, for assistance rendered in various ways publicity given in a ‘ul club | nouncements relative to the event. Every person of the many who ships in| purchased tickets for the ball. REVENUE BUREAU OFFICIALS ON KEY WEST) it; appointment! with | success CP harbor for the loan of an im-} Sean RouTeR» ‘ Thi -FRENCH VIEW OF AMERICA By RICHARD MASSOCK (By Associated Press) PARIS, Feb. 1.—The French- man views America as an over- grown youngster whose reckless }of old world rules have jhim and his fabulous riches in the ditch, Fascinated in spite of himself, he watches with bewilderment Uncle Sam’s efforts to pick him- self up and retrieve some of his dollars. among some, finally Ame n people, who formerly {handled money so. lightly, has re- i placed the former envy of this that the depression to anxious distrust of American | moves towand recovery. See Tradition Disre, The disregard of j which they find exemplified in the | “Roosevelt experiment,” with it | monetary depreciation, blue eagles j and brain trusts, has convinced cartoon by Jean Routier in Le Cri de P: President Roosevelt meeting the wondering stare of European observers with the statement—freely translated as—“And. if.it pleaseg me, what. of it?” WILD YOUTH, speeding proclivities in disregard} spilled; A note of satisfaction. evident | had death heavily with the} } wealth and in turn has given way} traditions! KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1934. .— Et st ca me plait, & mof!... {many Frenchmen that America | on the wrong track. Publicly their speculations {mostly as to how soon Uncle Sam} will learn a bitter lesson. Private-! ly they seem worried lest he settle! his problems in a manner satisfac-| tory to himself and distasteful to them. The average Frenchman's con-) versation, indicates a confused be- lief despite and partly because of ; {eolumns-of published ‘“interpreta- tions” of America, that: 1—All Americans were rich before the crisis and expect to be rich again. 2—Americans get married | and divorced with hardly time | for a honeymoon. 3—With prohibition abro- | gated the bootleggers will all turn to kidnaping. | i 4—Gangsters are rapidly being annihilated by their own machine guns. | 5—American women ! the spoiled darlings of their | husbands. 6—American food is atro- cious. | American business and financial | troubles, dramatized by reports of | are | strikes, conflicts between the} NRA administration and employ- ers, dumping of milk by disgrunt- led dairymen and unrest among |farmers of the grain belt, have, IINSULL REMAINS { AS TO HIS STATUS BY CABINET Tuesday| mense number of flags used in! (Ry Associated Press) ATHENS, Feb. 1.— Official jstatus of Samuel Insull in Greece ‘was still up in the air today the cabinet adjourned without any Announcement of an expected de- cision in the case. In the meanwhile Insull remains | tin Greece because the law allows aliens to remain a few days after) | their police permit expires. STRAND THEATER || Lillian Harvey-John Boles in MY LIPS BETRAY Zasu Pitts-Charles Farrell in Aggie Appelby, Maker Of Men Matinee: Balcony, 10¢; Orches- i] tra, 15-200; Night, 15-25 IN GREECE YET! NO DEFINITE ACTION TAKEN, KEY WESTER GIVEN’ NAVY APPOINTMENT, (Asbury Park, N. J., Paper) WASHINGTON, | William H. Sutphin, Matawan, |day named George Floyd Richard- lson, Spring Lake, as his principal | appointee for examination for en- the United Annapolis. trance into naval academy, Alter- S$} nate appointments went to N Phillip Macke Manion, Oser, Perrineville; Little Silver, and Leon Lakehurst, Principal and alternates | selected on the basis of competi- in the order named were jtive examination held Jan. George Floyd Richardson ‘bern in Key West June 26, 1916 and Mrs. J. D. Ri we son of Mr. ilin, Sr., captioned “America and | empty,” | porche | world’s gold, dictating to Europe | buying the ge | while | able and impoverishing Europe by shut- States) y the World” shows largely seized upon the imagination, however, crowding ‘aside the more romantic concep- tions of life in the United States. | New York. solemnly write | French visitors in the press, is So So afflicted that its crapers e business failures counted in hundreds daily, “evening around Broadway hundreds of men sleeping (sie).” President Roosevelt is the big- gest ae name in the French a familiar to the n in the street as that les Augustus Lindbergh or popular are and finds Greta A Confused Picture The Frenchman is confused. His remembrance of the doughboys who came to help him is obscured jby recollections of bitter cam- yaigns against the American who cartooned as hoarding the 1 things of life her ng luxuries unavail- average Frenchman enjo: to the ting out her goods with tariff walls, All this, a smaller imp mind than re contest, whic the he exp however, seems to leave ion on the French ord-breaking kissing fit typically into picture he has formed of in- American ways. ‘FINISH PLANTING COCONUT PALMS, |CWA FORCES ARE ENGAGED TODAY IN ING TREES WATER. f the CWA force: the 1,000 s al > the watering seaweed are ag Parisian | “three-fourths | under} ng each side} head of the, The Kev West CitBen For 54 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West PRICE FIVE CENTS INVESTIGATING LYNCHING CASE IN TAMPA, FLA. ATTORNEY CLAIMS GRAVES, WHO SAID NEGRO WAS TAK- EN AWAY FROM HIM, HAS NO STANDING AS OFFICER ths Angocinted Press) TAMPA, Feb. 1.—States At-; torney J. Rex Farrior said today} he investigated the statutes and so far as he could learn T. T. M.} Graves, who claims the negro was taken from him by a band of men and lynched. had no standing as al law officer. \ Farrior said the - legislature| abolished the office of deputy ; constable some years ago, and while it was restored in two dis-| tricts it was not restored in the| === district where Graves’ brother is a constable. { Both Graves and his brother} ‘testified before the grand jury} yesterday which has not yet com- pleted the inquiry. Graves was removing the negro} from the city to the county jail on a warrant for stealing chickens) when he claims the men beat him} and took the prisoner. | ! Cacia BUNS ree | DR. J. FARRELL HEARD TODAY AT ROTARY MEETING | REV. GEKELER TAKEN IN AS. NEW MEMBER; REPORT READ ON RECEIPTS OF ROOSEVELT BALL | Dr. J. H. Farrell, eral, was a guest of Dr. J. A. | Valdes at the Rotary luncheon today. The general gave an in- teresting address dealing with his | military service, covering events | of many war: His talk. was greatly enjoyed. Rev. J. C. Gekeler was “Baby” | Rotarian at the session today, and! ‘after having beep admitted to| membership, was initiated by a| committee composed of William; R. Warren and William H. Ma- lone. Lieutenant Malone, officer} on board one of the navy vessels! {in the harbor, was also a guest A report was read showing an amount of $150 having been real- | ized from the President Roosevelt | |'Ball given at the Country Club on} Tuesday night. This will be for- ‘warded to the Warm Springs, Ga., retired gen- Jorder to arm our Red | ROSENBLOOM-KNIGHT SCRAP} Sharp Reactions In Foreign Markets When Roosevelt Cuts Value United States Dollar PES LES SS LS IMMENSE COCOANUT NOW ON EXHIBITION Probably the largest cocoa- nut ever grown in Florida is on exhibition in the south front window of the chamber of commerce. The nut weighs 23% pounds. It was taken from a tree at Long Key and there were 48 other nuts on the same tree of approximately the same size. Depreciated For A Time As Expected, But Did Not Remain Down But Short Time (By Associated Press) President Roosevelt's ac- tion yesterday in cutting the value of the United States \ dollar to 59.06 cents caused sharp reactions in foreign CII III I I IS ‘exchange markets abroad, } AD" | today. MAKES REPORT In those markets value of ON. ARTILLERY the dollar in terms of vari- ‘ous foreign currencies de- SOVIET UNION. preciated as had been ex- peeted. ar.| Financial observers, how- iever, noted instantly that {the dollar reaction abroad {was not nearly as sharp as i the presidential decree. The dollar went down, | but did not stay there. | In London the dollar sank ain aa hag ioe ive cents, but by early aft- Ordshonokide president of th srnoon it gained back a cent mani party ere “| to the aia Then, using the term applied by} The dollar finally closed ini Stalin to those cherishing War-like| London at 4.9@-and=-8-4. to the 4 aims against the Soviet Union, he! »ound, only three eights of a cent added “if thosg swine noses com. j weaker than yesterday. pel our industry to mobilize in|” Figher prices for wheat and ac- tropps. I'tive trading accompanied advance think we will do it’ with more) in gold and sterling in Chicago strength and more ssfully | marts an we have ever done anything: J) New York stocks whirled up- before. ward in heaving trading and gains PRR TS a of $1 to $9 were numerous at the MIAMI BOXING = | pening. Homestake mining gold | first sale, CLAIMED MORE TANKS, TILLERY AND MACHINE GUNS PRODUCED IN 1933 THAN IN 1932 (iy Associated Press) , Feb. ane Soviet | Union produced “many more tanks, heav rtillery and machin suc and kept climbing. Rail- {road and industrials also jumped. MORGENTHAU TALKS ON MONETARY ISSUE WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.—The ates was described today tary Morgenthau as being n 1 “1934 model of gold bullion tandard,” as result of the dollar | devaluation program which netted the government $2,792,940,517 profit. He made this statement to re- IS POSTPONED UNTIL MONDAY (Ry Agsocinted Pr MIAMI, Feb. 18s, cause of unfavorable Foundation. Sebastian Cabrera, Jr., presi-| }dent of the organization, presided | at the meeting, and the session} vas voted one of the most success- | ful yet held by this club. | eccce eveersocccesooees | WHERE TO GO TONIGHT Grace and Truth Hall—Lecture on “Love Towards Others a por We are Christians.” First M. E. Church Parsonage— “Silver Tea.” Palace Montgomery present “Steamboat Sal.” Red Men’s Hall—Sock Social. St. Mary’s Church—Mission Strand—‘My Lips Betray” and Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men.” { Players TOMORROW Grace and.Truth Hall—Lecture on “How to know we are saved, and the sin unto Death.” ? s St. Paul’s Church Lawn—Valen- tine Party. Palace Montgomery Players resent “Steamboat Sal.” Mary's Church-—Missjon —"The Chief” and “My « Betray.” i} : st | ANNOUNCEMENT--- Starting Saturday, Feb. 10 'THE PALACE THEATER Ww of this theater pictures made by UNITED ARTISTS Best Movie Producers See the best pictures at THE PALACE give the patrons pllywood’s porters as Professor Irving Fisher, of Yale, testified to the house | banking subcommittee that the j existing federal reserve system “will now be lucky if it escapes destruction altogether.” Fisher urged creation of fed- jeral monetary authority with sole | currency- -issuing power, Morgenthau refused to discuss . operation of devaluation profits. poned today until Mon- (it. use is to be kept strictly a cri night. ’ secret. weather conditions, the 15-round light heavy- weight title bout sched- uled for tonight between Champion Maxie Rosen- bloom and Joe Knight, of Cairo, Ga., was post- CWA Forces Start Clearing Site For Municipal Airport Workmen of the CWA forces|that work would be started as |soon as practicable. After a con- saitatlans with Arthur Sheppard, up! director of work projects, it was decided to start the preliminary ctivities this morning. These consist of clearing the grounds by removal of trees and grabbing and removing nautics engineer in Florida for the| surface rocks, and all other work necessary for preparing the area are out at Stock Island today be- jimning the task of cleaning the site for the proposed munic i pal airport. | Colonel Joseph C. Steblin, aero! brush, department of commerce, recom- for the construction of a finished landing field for planes. Present allotment of man hours Demeritt| * 12,445 but it is anticipated this allotment will be greatly increas- ted as soon as the matter is investi- yesterday gated at Tallahassee and Washing- ton. Before leaving for Tallahassee Colonel Stehlin said he dis-|had every reason to believe that the project would be authorized ting |and completed, mended that the work start as soon as approval of the local board and Administrator W. W. has been secured. taken ng ganizat the