The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 3, 1934, Page 1

+ Associated Press Day Wire Service VOLUME LV. No. 30. Government Committee Named To Settle Differences Between Fruit Growers And Employes Secretary Perkins Makes, Announcement Relative To Appointments Made On New Board (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.— A committee headed by Isa- dor Lubin, commissioner of labor statistics, was named today by the national labor board to endeavor to settle ~ the dispute between citrus fruit growers and their em- ployes.. 5 Secretary [Ferkins announced the appointment of the commit- tee. Besides Lubin, the commit- tee is composed of Francis M.| Shea of the agricultural adjust- ment administration, William J. Woolston of the NRA, and Har- vey Cox, vice chairman of the Atlanta regional labor board. The committee will meet at Lake Wales Monday. Miss Perkins said there had been 1,500 workers on strike in Florida in the last month, but these have returned to work. Unrest among more than 50,- 000 laborers in citrus groves and packing houses, was said by Miss; Perkins to be increasing. Neither groves nor packing houses are under any code, but leaders of the workers claim they should be under the NRA code. The government committee, the secretary said, will decide wheth-}: er any part of the fruit business; agreement. : DEFENDANT ~ WAS CONVICTED EDWARD FRIEDMAN, WHO possible. methods satisfactory wage \ SLO Daaaas. SLEEPING DRIVERS The number of idents caused by drivers working too long and too late hours is of considerable concern to the motoring public. Too many accidents and wrecks are caused by drivers falling asleep. When you feel tired and sleepy drive off the high- way and go to sleep. Never park your car on the high- way with or without lights, unless you have to make re- pairs. If you practi: may save your life and vehicle and that of others. REMEMBER, AUTOMO- BILES KILLED OVER 500 PEOPLE IN FLORIDA DUR- ING 1933. LET’S STOP IT. (By Governor’s Committee on Public Safety.) OL hh hdd hd | SAYS NO STRIFE EXISTS BETWEEN U.S. AND JAPAN NEW AMBASSADOR TO AMER- ICA LEAVES FOR NEW POST HOPING TO FIND MOST PLEASANT RELATIONS (My Axnociated Preany LONDON, Feb. 3.—Hiroshi Saito, who, at 47, has been re- warded with one of the two «most dmportant sisignments.... in the Japanese diflomatic | ambassadorship Washington, left for his new Bost today firmly convinced jtands in the way service, at about a most friendly basis of understand- ing between the two coun- tries. “The: no real outstand- The Key West Citwen KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1934. COUNCIL MAKES CHANGE IN TREE PLANTING ISSUE - COMMUNICATION Be FROM MAYOR MALONE RE-/ QUESTS CERTAIN ORDI-| NANCE CHANGES | { A communication from Mayor | William H. Malone, pertaining to an ordinance relatice to tree planting in Key West, was read at the meeting of the City Coun- cil last night. j In his letter, Mr, Malone call-} ed attention of the countil to the {part of the ordinance, which was ‘recently amended, where it speci-! fies that in cases where property owners have started to beautify along the curb line in front of their premises by planting out; trees that they be permitted to| continue on without any . inter-| ference by those having the; {beautification program in eharge. | Mr. Malone stated in the com-} munication that if this permission | was granted in cases of preperty owners, that the beautification | program would be hampered much as the person may desire to | plant certain kinds of tree ile others may have different ideas relative to the kind of trees to be planted out facing their prop- erty, which would interfere with the uniformity of the planting and beautification pro; n outlined. | After some discussion, the sug-! gestions made by the mayor or the subject were accepte and, the council ordered that the con-} flicting provision of the ordi-; nance be eliminated, whereby the, beautification committee wil! now be permitted to proceed with its) program as first outlined. | A communication was ad from Mrs. Andrew J. Page re-| questing that automobile parking space be reserved in front of her) place of business on Duval street rorder'that she may furnish curb service to patrons. Mrs. Page| was joined in this request by J.| G. Kantor, who operates a bu: ness next door. The matter w referred to the ordinance commit-/ tee for action. i A letter was r ed and read} from City Councilman Ralph B.} Pinder, who is now in Miami con- mected with race track operations expressing his regret at not being able to be present at the council meeting last night, although he) stated that he hoped to be in town} for the “next regular session, ! | Leading world statesmen are | tune of the National crisis. Enemy’ on the. JAPANESE HOLD, p at seen by Shimokawa, cartoonist of Tokyo Puck, humorous weekly. ict ured trying ta dance the “Tokyo Ondo,” a combination of chant and dance, but disharmony rears its head. Note India with the slingshot, hu: The characters emblazoned on Pre sident Roosevelt (right front) mean “Great Naval Expansion” (no- tice battleship on his chest). Those on Stalin (left front) mean “Military Preparations in the Far 4”. (gun on his chest). The song of the dance is: “Dance! Dance, everybody! To the ight; enemy on the left; enemies on, all sides, yoi, yoi, yoi! Now for the trial of strength; now for the time of test. The dance of the Nations, East Comp! Japan is a candidate to be ruler of the world. Yoi, yoi, yoi!” 3 of America, but more often they, that America has started a new shorten it to Ru-shi, Mr. Ru. This; naval race and Japan must build is achieved by using only the first; more ships in self defense. of the five characters of the clum-| The principal cities of sy Japanese syllabary required to, United States are New York, ‘spell out his name—Ru-zu-be-ru-! Washington and Hollywood, to | to. \judge from the frequency of the Japanese headline writers sim-'datelines in Taro Suzuki’s fav- ilarly shortened Japan’s old bete)orite daily. Taro, an ardent movie Secretary Henry L, Stimson; fan, prefers the American talkies, i-mu-so-n), who became Mr. But thi: only amusement, ‘ and serious-minded Taro considers America Serious Matter it unimportant. What counts rica is a serious proposition | that phantasmagoria of gold green- to the average Japanese; he knowsj backs, cotton, wheat, tariffs, stock little of its lighter side and leans|exchanges, heavy political coun- to heaviness in his daily diet of!cils, new warships, across which TO FABULOUS VIEW OF U.S. By GLENN BABB (By Assvciated Press) TOKYO, Feb. 3.—America is a} land of great wealth, vast econom-! ic experiments and _ enterprises, huge naval programs, far-flung imperialist .ambitions, .. .glitterin; This is the ‘picture, carried across the Pacific by radio and comes economics, which scores;the smaller figures, those most about four headlines to one for|likely to gain his recognition are any other subject. The NRA, cur-| Mary Pickford, Henry Ford, Wiley cable, that is firmly imprinted in| rency policies, commodity prices—| Post, Charlie Chaplin, Hugh S. the minds of scores of millions of ; these to him are a matter of bread Johnson, Bill Tilden, Babe Ruth. common Japanese men and womeri | and butter, or rather rice and soy-| Domestic Sports Dominate by their newspapers. sauce. These days the sporting giants Dominating this version of the! After the Japanese reader has|of the United States are . fore- American scene is the figure’ .of| studied the United States as a tshortened in the Japanese impres- President Reosevelt, to the news-|vast economic laboratory from|sion of America. paper-reading’ millions of Nippon|which he hopes much benefit will! As athletics have developed in For 54 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West PRICE FIVE CENTS Government's Profit Derived From Devaluation Of Dollar ar Three Billion RETURN PROPERTY TO ITS OWNERSHIP Vast Sum Paid Into General Fund Wipes Out Federal Deficit Reaching $2,- 000,000,000 MENDIETA SIGNS DECREE IN! ELECTRIC COMPANY HOLD. INGS IN CUBA (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.— The dollar profit on Presi- | dent Roosevelt’s devaluation | order was given today by the treasury as $2,805,512,060. This tremendous sum paid \into the “general fund” wip- jed out the federal deficit 3 which stood yesterday at around the properties z 3 nearly $2,000,000,000 and was increased following | gave a surplus on the year’s , | employes’ threats of a | ..nenditures to date of | $973,716,000. Unless Secretary Morgen- \HIGHWAY FERRY ; ‘om should decide to use (By Associated Press) HAVANA, Feb. | 3. —President Mendieta signed a decree return- ing the Cuban Electric Company’s properties to its American ownership. A guard of soldiers current expenditures, which the} is ida Keys was taken out on the ma- news from across the Pacific. First }strides ‘the Roosevelt colossus. Of and the vessel given a } PLACED ON W AYS some of the profit to meet j | he said the treasury does not PLANKS TO BE REPLACED | plan to do, the year end defi- WITH GENERAL OVERHAUL. | cit still will reach $7,000,- ING TO BE GIVEN CRAFT | 000,000, as estimated by [os President Roosevelt. The treasury announced {the new dollar value of its tensive repairs. | gold supply at $7,018,263,- | A number of planks in the hull| 925, ‘will ha¥Ve to be replaced, it is said,.| general * After waiting several weeks at the Porter Dock, the Ferry Flor- trine railway this morning for ex- JAPANESE TURN | NORTH IN BRAZIL (By Associated Pres) RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb, 3.— Japan may introduce settlers to a ' overhaul. | As soon as repairs have been | completed the vessel will go to re- sume sailings between Lo’ Matecumbe and Hog Key, thu: {making two boats in commission | {and the trip time from Lower] new area in the northeastern state | Matecumbe to No Name Key ap-jof Piauhy. Most of the 140,- preciably shortened. 000 Japanese now in Brazil are on | The Ferry Key West is berthed} coffee plantations in Sau Paulo ‘at the Porter dock and as soon as| but Kyoichi Hatori, representing the personification of the new|reach him ultimately, he takes a kaleidoscopic America. turn at dreading it as the poten- ‘Mr. Ru’ Tops Headlines tial naval enemy-of Japan. No He makes the headlines, queer, | other topic gets bigger ideographs this country the Japanese have ; the Florida Keys is placed in the} Japanese immigration societies, ceased to look across the Pacific | water will go on the ways for re-| has visited Piauhy to study possi- for idols. This has been partic-| Pairs. ‘bilities in that sub-tropical state. ularly true in the last five years. | a An ordinance pertaining to de-| vertical lines of black ideographs, than the dispatch from Washing- so that the newer headiners of the} WAS CHARGED WITH ROB- | BERY OF JEWELRY AND CASH IS FOUND GUILTY the It Man Entering Home Of Weather Bureau Head Arrested During Early Hour Of This Morning (My Ascocinted Prensa) LOS ANGELES, Feb. 3.— Edward Friedman was con- vieted by a superior court jury today of the robbery of Mae West, film star, in Sep-j|, tember, 1932. - He was or- dered to appear Tuesday for} sentence. The actress lost $17,000 in jewels and $3,400 in cash TOMORKOW in the holdup. j Church—Services at 7:00, 9:30 ot oot ine than t year uch| Pes rage; [OOFF GOING TO CUBAN WATERS Palace—“The Avenger. on two counts. | FOUR GOVERNMENT SHIPS OF! Kennedy, meteorologist at the | -| Berkowitz, at the Marine hospital, and rode away. tion companies! b their extensive program of Strand—“Duck Soup.” con- | tovered and the miscreant was in permit examination of their re- {struction and repair work at the! the city jail. j cords only after certain . y e fi a} . laying a new concrete floor in the | o'clock this |morning, Kennedy (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, Feb. 3.—Stocks} change markets rallied $1 to $2 or more per share} than six cen today as reports from Europe in- ‘Wicated heavy shipments of gold to also moved up and dipped with|arrive tomorrow or Monday America. | eterling. ‘Cuban waters, Vessels in MacCracken wax arrested last! reached Warsaw. At the same time the dollar per- & tharbor te are the Destroyers| night but was ‘immediately freed the Goff, Reuben James, McFarland) on bond to appear before the sen-j | formed erratically in foreign ox- and Jacob Jones. late Monday to explain his refusal) ‘" compe hed. dropping more fuled to a 5, omday, j for C |Destroyer J. Fred Talbott on pa- trol di The Talbott Braise sheds pa entre Tuesday afternoon. \ stroyer Bainbridge is due to from the They said the records were tak- en from the office of William P. n, assistant secretary of nmerce for aviation in the administration, and now for their com- * in terms of st then reco Ho acting attorney panies. some of the loss. ie Japanese have neon hour trance. i Gets Small Change Investigation showed that the AVOID ACCIDENTS. ee at. between signating space on Fleming street, | probably more often than all the|ton ahout the latest pronounce-| American sporting page are com- | United States and Japan. near Duval, for public automo-/ rest of his compatriots together.| ment of Secretary Claude Swan-| paratively unknown, while Demp- A biles, was passed on its final read-| These headlines sometimes call] son or Admiral William H. Stand-|sey, Ruth and Tilden are still is absurd to say that Japan jing. |him Beikoku Daitoryo, President} ley. ‘The Japanese people are told | household words. 5 Chief of Police Ivan Elwood, x See Reem See Se Seer «| submitted his report covering the | ——— aE — will be at loggerheads,” he j|month of January, showing ines Vf T e $562 had been collected in fines! tim y t said. during that period. | ore es on ore na e Key West Electric Company, ad- A Mail In ati Board , 2 Segieie F WHERE TO GO J ascssea the council requesting ir ves' on | After looting the home of G. who, in company, with Special Of. eedeccccesoocees | that the electric company be per-| ss ‘ a ay! GOING Fi RWARD. Ss: ficer Leroy Hits ae to bere mitted ty square up their taxes| , scene, secured the story from Mr. Sh seer ater wt any cha eth wt Disclosing Various Activities| . | ester breen, Wiliam Cherie! Kennedy, nd made a ive eden ym—Basketball,| J irount given his company against ut e | tion at the home. Miami Edison vs Key West. zat hea des Adan ¥ Tick = seed ROBERTS AND PEET, CON-| Kennedy took a bicycle from the Although Mr. Kennedy could Palace—‘“The Avenger.” : gen ineik was granted. | (By Associated Press) TRACTORS HANDLING JOB,| yard of Chief Ph i “give but a vague description of Strand—“Duck Soup.” sg Poe aE cates of atl WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.—Two, Britten testified he took “about ve armacit M. E- the man he saw in the home, Cap- Gilg CHATERR ice “eports, the| wiessssenstectified today. ts che) Stlf dosen papers, purely’ persen-|”, MAP OU: PROGRAMOF:VA-| fain Rivas and Officer Torres | meeting was ordered adjourned. { : jal” and “tore them up as I would RIOUS ACTIVITIES | started on a search and found a : | senate air mail investigating com-, any other papers.” | 'man on a bicycle about three ee Given said he had been told] Within a short time the robber blocks distant from the scene of Hanshue to get all personal pa-| Xhe robbery. | they represented had agreed to! pers from MacCracken’s files. He! Roberts and Peet have started bad been arrested, the bicycle re- The rider was questioned as to testified he did so and sent them! where he got the bicycle and ad- to New York, but that they were mitted to had taken it from the cay de corres-| returned. This morning he yard next door to the weather ° ° =e i He gave the committee what he} ;; ad 5 bureau. Indications Of Gold Shipments pondence had been remov: | eid wane Ahesane caiaita obtained, | ishthouse depot and workmen are | was taken to the county jail and Promised To Pay phevabeue <urk weee The witnesses were L. H. Brio-/ included were the minutes of di-!%0W doing the preliminary work to| is being held on bond of $2,500.| After being quizzed at length by ° lten, vice president of Northwest rectors’ meetings and letters to| | Siortivs alias the captain the man admitted that 0 IN PORT TODAY | Airways, and Gilbert Given, s ere- | and from governmental departs | coal hed on the wast ide of thet age heel ne had entered the home of Mr. jtary to Harris M. Hanshue, the} ments, raid H Me heard: Kennedy, said Captain Rivas, but {LAR ‘3 president of Transcontinental and) ——_-——— 2 ‘someone prowling around in his} did not know who lived there. He y | JAPANESE SILK ls dine rc lean a the work! home. He arose and began to in-|also admitted to the captain tak- that is to be done, the contract | vestigate. The prowler had evi-jing the money but promised he REACHES POLAND | for which was awarded several dently finished looking over the| would pay it back pee weeks ago but was returned this | downstairs part of t vase and| When taken to jail the arrested arg es, jweek from Washington with the »was in the act of ascending to the| man gave his name as William C. ARSAW, Feb. the approval of the department of | upper floor Kennedy and said he was off one time in Poland large consign-' commerce, | Mr. Kennedy his | of the destroyers in port, ents of silks A concrete wall and metal fence \qistol, but the Meteorologist Kennedy was ask- The Japanese as iding ere enegatees from fheard him and 5 J if anything of value was taken, oe es ‘ the navy holdings is to be con-'nnaking his exit through a window) He replied to The Citizen that all Around the pi eees aaa — that no other silks structed. The entire contract mat the side of the building,|the man got was some small Bk css ccd 802 as Be ~ > e with them. {ane for an expenditure of $15,-' through which he had gained en-| change and a few articles of little : i _______________ | to permit access to his records. j{ saree value. | cents, and the frane at 6.31 cents, | Saturday and Monday |} ace ee ARE eee POT —= | [showing « sain of 08 of w cent] SR ECUALS | ROSES AND |, 8% sNTOXIO, Texte t-/ OYSTER SUPPER — By having + Brakes Relined J ter boxes of this city contained! = 4, jthief bad secured some small | The Four Marx <ah babenh 20 be Se et ee coeent het ties ont Fen) ORAL PIECES} \nuncreds of unstamped letters,| Aeepices St. Pasl's Altar Guild | change from the clothes from one pilin ca |__| | setive, calles approximating 2,000,- Soren wae = rene 16 PHONE 597 ‘which puzzled the postal authori-| | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6 {of the Kennedy children and from 5 H houlder i Lou Smith Service Station || coo shares, the busiest Saturday! cas popeg ties until they found that the! ST. PAUL’S PARISH HALL # pocketbook. ; i DUCK SOUP White & Catherine, Phone 522 || i} CENTRAL MARKET South Florida Narsery |;st2™ps had been eaten off by| PRICE S0e 6 P.M.; Mr. Kennedy reported the house!) Matinee: Balcony, 10¢; Orches- eee te te Sve eee ed ants attracted by the gum, | gee >Feaking to Captain Everett Rivas,:] tra, 16-200; Night, 18-255 805 Fleming St. Phone 20 |!