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

Associated. Press: Day Wire Service VOLUME LV. No. 48. Planes And Ships Make Wide Search For Airman Forced Down Yesterday) __ Fears Are Felt For Safety Of Eight Persons Aboard Transport Plane Lost In —a~— (By Associated Press) Planes.and vessels search-| ed the ‘sea off New York to- day for the body of Lieuten- ant George McDermott, fifth flier to: die in connection with -army’s task of car- Enroute to Langley Field, ~ Wirginia, to pick up mail 3 planes, McDermott and two other fliers were forced down amid crashing waves yesterday off Rockaway Point. A navy destroyer picked up McDermott‘s companions weak from exposure. It could not find McDer- mott nor find the disinte- grating plane. ANOTHER PLANE REPORTED LOST ROCK SPRINGS, Wyoming, Feb. 24.—Fear for the lives of ‘eight persons grew today as a wide search was organized for a United! Air Lines transport plane lost in ee et ont The plane, carrying five pas- Bengers and crew of three from Salt Lake City toward Cheyenne failed to reach there on schedule, and officials said it must have come down during the night, probably near here. This belief hung on the report | He pike up the plane’s dis- tress signal on a short wave radio, and rushing from the house, shout- ed it was over Emery, whereupon the plane roared away into the poprodiey blizzard, flying close to ~ hroliyad in: port. for about 10 days the U. S. Destroyer Jacob —s sailed yesterday’ afternoon for Guantanamo, Cuba, and after as a there will leave for Pana- "Wanbale in port today are the U. &. Battleship Wyoming, and De- stroyers Bainbridge, McFarland and Babbitt. The latter vessel arrived from Cuban waters yester- ROSES AND FLORAL PIECES PHONE 597 South Florida Nursery PPCCOOPOCOC OOOO ILL | homes at Gardens, Califoraia, aft- JIS ISL LL LL QUICK RESULT FROM LOST AD IN CITIZEN Peace Justice Frank QO. Rob- ents is satisfied the surest and quickest medium to re- cover lost articles is to adver- tise in The Citizen. Several days ago Mr. Rob- erts lost his glasses. He wait- ed severalkdays before adver- tising. Yesterday he an- nounced in the columns of this paper. Less than one hour after the lost ad appeared Henry Pazo, an employe of Frank Johnson’s Bazaar, was at Mr... Roberts ‘office on Whitehead, had delivered the glasses. and received his reward. S hbkbidude de dui i LEGION POST TO PUT ON PARADE MONDAY NIGHT EVENT WILL BE PRELUDE TO} BEAUTY PAGEANT THAT WILL TAKE PLACE AT HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING As a prelude to the beauty pag-/ eant Monday night, Arthur Sawy: er| Post 28 American Legion, has com- pleted plans for a public demon- stration. This will be in the form of a parade in which the.entire mem: bership is expected to participate | as well as the Drum and Bugle Corps. According to schedule the pa- rade will form at Caroline and Duval streets, 7 o’clock, and head- ed by the musicians in full regalia, begin the parade. The line of march will be along Duval street to Fleming thence to| White and direct to the high school ° where the pageant is scheduled to’ begin at 8 o’clock, j GOOD WEATHER | GREETS SOUTH. TEMPERATURES RUN AROUND ZERO IN MANY OF NORTH. ERN STATES (My Associated cress) Good weather and reasonable temperatures greeted the South today in place of a cold wave pre- dicted earlier this week by the weatherman. While it was around zero in northern states, the South told) about its weather in temperatures of above 20's. But in Chicago it was one be-| low zero, while Pittsburgh report- ed zero, Cleveland above, Newark, seven above, and Wash- four ington four above. BEAUTY PAGEANT CONTESTANTS TO HOLD REHEARSAL TAKE PLACE MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR PURPOSE OF FAMILIARIZING EN- TRANTS WITH PROGRAM Contestants in the American Legion Beauty Pageant are to} have a rehearsal in the auditorium of the high school Monday after- noon at 3 o'clock. This is not to be.a dress hearsal. pose of familiarizing entrants with the manner in which they will be Te- It is merely for the pur- presented to the audience and the attitude to be assumed while ap- proathing the center of the stage and retiring from view. For the purpose of properly dressing the stage and affording} the audience a clear view at all! times there is a regular routine prescribed which is generally fol- lowed. All contestants are requested to be at the school on time. Any other information that may be de- sired can be secured from Mrs, P. M. Crews, Phone 363. STATUS IS GIVEN -ON DIRECT RELIEF; ONLY THOSE RECEIVING AID DIRECT WILL BE PROVIDED WITH COMMODITIES Qnly-those who are now zeceiv- ing diréct relief from the -CWA and others authorized to receive this class of aid will be provided with commodities Monday, ‘Feb- ruary 26. Instructions are that none of those who are on the registration lists as retained on the payrolls are to receive any of these food- stuffs. Employes who have been strick- en from the lists may make appli- j cation for direct relief. Each case will be investigated before this is authorized. KEY WEST MOTOR AGENCY EXPANDED (Tampa Daily Times) Ramon Moran, of the United Motor Co., here, and Dan L. Na- varro, of Key West, have left for Key West after completing ar- rangements for expansion of the Chrysler and Plymouth agency there. The agency was enlarged due to the liklihood of construe- tion of a bridge connecting Key West with the mainland. Mr. Mor- an also operates agencies at Mi- ami and West Palm Beach, An announcement in varro, Inc., local mouth dealers, will receive during the coming week 20 of the 1934! 24.Rain, whipping across a des- Plymouths. The local dealer expects a def- initely increased demand for Ply-| least six Mormon church workers mouths this year over last. How-} ever, the management and Navarro, Inc., Plymouths were delivered here | last year than all other makes com-/ | bined. WE WILL HAVE 20 NEW PLYMOUTHS Within the next two weeks and will meet all competition NAV CiccccMieneuth Deskers BaaIaa Das. ARRO inc. OC hdkk he ddededid ddd dd da today’s | | paper states that Gato and Na- Chrysler-Ply- i | | of Gato|*"4 states that more/ m } | | } — KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1934. Adventure And Romance Mark Career Of New Belgian Ruler fore he went ii 1917, and fi (By Associated Preas) Thoroughly educated ‘in the modern tradition of democratic royalty, Leongld Il. new king of | the Beig.ans, nas had a full share | of adventure and thrills, j He was a private soldier in the; trenches in 1915 when only 13 years old; a tourist with his father and mother in 1919 on a criss-cross | journey of the United States; an} incognito wooer in Sweden, win-;{ ning in 1926 a queen of his own choosing; collector of rare butter- | tenant and gradually promoted un- | flies in the Philippines in 1932 and now, at 32, king of Belgians, ruling the most densely populated ; country in Europe and the im-; mense tract of the Belgian Congo in Africa. He was sent to the outbreak of the World war and entered Eton, the famous | “public school” of short jackets, wide collars and “toppers.” Ona holiday in London a German Zep- England atj ly as he appeared iust before his thirty-second birthd ay last November. pelin sailing over the British cap-| ital let loose a bomb and a frag: | ment hit the princeling in the arm. Earred Se nt’s Rank 1 In the trenches in-Belgium his} | first job was filling sand bags. He worked too enthusiastically and; was exhausted in three hours.} Transferred later to the service of | supply, he came out of the war a} | sergeant. Since then he has been to mili- itary school, commissioned a lieu- ‘now he’ is“ comiiander-im-chief of the people whom Julius Caesar deseribed as the bravest in all) Gaul. Leopold is a tall blond, less vig- orous than the powerful father | who could bend an iron in his! { hands, but is active, quick-think-| ing and mechanically-minded. He| speeds automobiles with as much | sureness as did his sire, likes’ to/ fly, has followed his father’s a | Che Key West Citsen ‘ ample by digging coal under- ground and has driven locomo- tives. Knows Country’s Lore Those qualities fit the ruler of an industrial nation like Belgium. So, too, his knowledge of French | and Flemish literature, philosophy and history qualifies him to un- derstand his bi-lingual people. One of his hobbies is entomo- logy. A 1982 trip took him to the East. Indies and the Philip- pines, where he went butterfly honting on Palawan’ Island, habi- tat of a species with a 10-inch wingspread. He is also an enthu- siastic fisherman in summer and a skiier in winter. In the United States he saw Ni- agara Falls, visited Woodrow Wil- son’s sick chamber, watched south- | western Indian dances, marveled | at California’s big trees and, in Cincinnati, said he wished he knew how to shoot craps. 4 Six Killed, Score Injured, When Bus Overturns Today (By Associated Press) WICKENBURG, Arizona, Feb. 24.—Five women and an infant were killed today in the wreckage of a Mormon church bus near Aguila. { The victims were crushed in their seats when the top of the bus was shattered in overturning. ACCIDENT OCCURS ON DESERT HIGHWAY WICKENBURG, Arizona, Feb. ert hway, brought death to at ry to more than a score Aguila near here today when a bus carrying them to California, overturned. All were returning to their er spending four days vi the Phoenix. The bus carried 35 passengers. The first news of the accident was flashed by a railroad dispatch- er at Aguilar. } An appeal for help had been —SPECIALS— Nice Fresh Veal, Spring Lamb Stgjetly Fresh Eggs, doz . 26 Peanut Fed Hens and Fryers |; Hams, by half, % —...... 17¢]| Pork Hams and Pork Shoulder |! CENTRAL MARKET 805 Fleming St. Phone 20 | killed this morning when a Union |FLORIDA TAKES taken to the little desert town by a youth whose clothes were blood-| spattered and speech almost in-| coherent. THREE MORE ARE KILLED IN SMASH BETHEL, Kansas, driver and two Feb. : passengers 24.—A were Pacafic Stage Lines bus collided with a truck near here during a! snow storm. One of the passengers killed was a negro. Anotherpa ssenger was seriously injured and taken to a 5 Sa 8 Rotel. i 92 PASSENGERS Sailing for Havana ipeutaankicy, | the Steamship Florida of -the P. and O. . company, carried 83 first class passengers, nine second class, three tons of freight, one automobile and 280 sacks of mail. Ferry Parrott arrived from Cuba 6:30 o'clock with one ear of sugar, one of blood, one lumber, one furniture, one of pirieapples, 334 crates, 150 sacks of mail, bag- gage. and 16 miscellaneous. Freighter Brazos, of the Clyde- Mallory Lines, arrived last night from Galveston. HIGH TEST AUTO KNOCK GASOLINE AT REGULAR PRICE Yes! We Also Have the Regular Clear Gas | Loa Smith Service Station || White & Catherine, Phone 522 | in Key West and Monroe county, | | ning an attractive display of these | PLAN DISPLAY OF MOTOR CARS |. CURTIS MOTOR COMPANY TO EXHIBIT DODGE AND PLY- MOUTH PRODUCTS i Having secured the dealers’ franchise for the Dodge and Ply-| mouth passenger cars and trucks | the Curtis Motor Company is plan. | | excursion after fish and berthed | | at the j the group are out today after sail- | fish. EY WEST, 8 a. m. ...... 72 Warmest City in United States PRICE FIVE CENTS Claims Relations Between United tates And Japan Should Be Most Lisi COLLECTING COINS | FOR RELIEF FUND, FOURTH SON OF FORMER KAI-| SER BEGS BEFORE OLD IMPERIAL PALACE . Says Both Nations Should Refrain From Be- coming Warminded <By Associated Press) TOKYO, Feb. 24.—For- eign Minister Koki Hirota told the house of peers to- day that both the United States and Japan must take “diplomatic action” to pre- boulevard Unter Den Linden form-| vent the two nations from ed a line so they could drop pen- becoming warminded. “Both Japan and. America August Wilhelm, who in his capa-| should endeavor not to think city as group commander of Nazi! o¢ war,” he said. supreme storm troops, took his | He made the statement turn on the street corner with’ while discussing the possi- other Nazi officials to solicit mon. | bility of an agreement to di- ey for.a winter relief fund. vide the Pacific into two spheres of interest with id he had 10 more boxes| America recognizing Ja- (By Associated Press) BERLIN, Feb. 24.—A_ Hohen- | Crowds were on the famous old/ zollern prince begged for coins to- day before the old imperial palace. nies into the money box of Prince| The fourth son of the former kai | in reserve, when it appeared the’ yan’s supremacy in the west- one he held would be quickly fill-} ern Pacific in return for Ja- ed, and said he planned to stay| pan’s recognizing Almerica’s through collecting ' supremacy in the eastern funds. Pacific. CRUISER JUNE —_IVY-RETURNS Cruiser June, from Crystal ‘ Beach, Florida, arrived yesterday| Lighthouse Tender Ivy’ re- with a party of anglers seeking) turned to port yesterday after- sailfish and tarpon in the waters! noon from Tampa. In that city adjacent to Key West, i The party arrived on the cruic-| the boiler tubes on the ship were er yesterday afternoon from an} replaced and after inspection, sail- ed for her home port. The Ivy will sail Monday for Charlotte’s Harbor to service and replace aids to navigation in that section, tomorrow F. E. C. terminals, In the catch were several enor- mous grouper, mackerel, dolphin | and barracuda. The members in| Farley Desies Making Personal Remark At Hearing About Black ty. Assoet jed Press) WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.—Post- ley on the occasion of his visit to | master General Farley ‘today de-| the postmaster general's office to nied to the senate air mail com-| return official ocean and sir mail | mittee that he had made a “per-| correspondence he gaid was found vehicles, In order to afford prospective | buyers an opportunity of seeing} these cars and trucks under the! most advantageous conditions the | display will be held in Curry’s Brick Garage, Simonton and Front | streets. | The Curtis Motor Company plans to locate on Duval str@et in | the near future. | Tomorrow and Monday a com-} plete line will be on display and | all interested persons will have the | fine points and advantages of the cars and trucks explained. WHERE TO GO Seevecccosccesosesoseeee TONIGHT Palace—“Broadway Keyhole.” Strand—“Little Women.” Thru TOMORROW Charch—Services at 7, 9:30 and jf} 1i a m. and 7:30 and 8 p. m. } Navy Field—Baseball, Wyom- ing and All Stars. | Palace—“Broadway Thru Keyhole.” Strand—“Litle Women.” "STRAND THEATER | Katharine Hepburn and Joan Bennett in LITTLE WOMEN Matinee: Balcony, Lege — tra, 15-20¢; Night, 1 | sonal remark” to Walter F. Brown | among personal effects. about Senator Black of Alabama, He had refused demands of com- committee chairman, as some in-| mittee members to say what re- ferred from testimony yesterday, mark was without Farley's cen- sent. The “personal remark,” Brown Farley came from North Caro- aid yesterday, was made by Fer i lina to deny the implication, of the former postmaster general. | Announcing--- CURTIS MOTOR COMPANY as dealer for DODGE and PLYMOUTH Piensa Cars and Trucks for Key West and Monroe County COMPLETE LINE ON TEMPORARY DISPLAY SUNDAY AND MONDAY February 25 and 26 ——at—— Curry’s Brick Garage selon : CURTIS MOTOR COMPANY