The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 26, 1934, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wiré Service VOLUME LV. No. 49. Nine Students At Dartmouth College Die From Gas Fumes CWA AUTHORIZES NEW PROJECTS IN MARKING OF AIR MAYOR MALONE ASKED TO SELECT THREE BUILDINGS FOR PAINTING OF NAME OF KEY WEST Unskilled Handling Of Fur- nace Said To Have Been ‘Responsible For Great Catastrophe (By Ansociated Press) _ HANOVER, N._H,, Feb. A faceace, tended by an unskilled hand was blam- ed today for the death of For the guidance of airplanes, the Florida State Civil Works Ad- ministration has authorized an Air Marking project for Florida com- prising from four to five hundred towns. Mayor Wm. H. Malone has been asked to select three build- ings in Key West on the roofs of which will be marked in the larg- est letters space will permit the name Key West, a directional marker showing the distance to the nearest airport and the ac- curate directional location of mag- netic north. These signs will serve in the same capacity to the air traveler as the road directional signs now serve the automobilist. They will also reduce to the minimum the probability of a flier getting lost, | regardless of whether he is or is not familiar with the state, Mayor Malone now has the mat- ter of selecting the buildings for | the signs and as soon as permis- A statement issued by Dr. : R-E. Miller, medical referee, ‘said, “position of the shaker x arm and check draught lever indicated furnace had been fixed the night before by someone who was not en- tirely familiar with the fur- mace.” _ Among the dead was Ed- ward M. Wentworth, Jr., of | Mount Dora, Florida. ers, will forward his selections to | Major A. B, McMillan, director of ‘the aviation di sion of the Civil JOHN J. WGRAW aS YESTERDA ee ate Administration at Tallahas- TAKE PLACE ON ~ FLORIDA BRINGS ~ | 165 PASSENGERS ‘WEDNESDAY (iy Associated Press) The Steamer Florida, of the P. _NEW ROCHELLE, N, Y.. Feb.| and O. S. S. company, returned; 26.—After an illness lasting for| Saturday afternoon from Havana | Fa with 165 passengers. Of this num- 10 days, John Joseph McGraw, Te-| 6. there were 18 aliens. tired manager of the New York} Lighthouse Tender Ivy is taking National League baseball} on buoys at the depot dock prep-! f and outstanding figure link- | a various big league base-| lotte’s Harbor for relieving and ball activities, died yesterday in a | replacing aids to navigation. here, {Two ships of the Clyde-! Mallory; The famed sports leader suffer-! Lines arrived this morning ‘ed a set back night before last! simultaneously. The Ozark from| and _ fom which he never recovered. Funeral services will be con- on Wednesday morning in went into a state of coma; New Orleans and Agwidale, from} | New York: While the Agwidale was un- loading the Ozark was at the Por New York, and afterwards will be|ter Dock company’s wharf, The ‘taken to Baltimore and placed in a | former ship sailed for Tampa and vault in the Cathedral cemetery} Mobile and the latter for Miami te be interred later. and Jacksonville. Heavy Blizzard Brings Blanket Of Snow To Large Area Of Nation (By Associated Press) A blizzard swirling over the! Ip the Ohio Valley and the Vir- United States from Indiana east| ginias it averaged t inches. te the Atlantic coast today buried Fatalities included a almost a quarter of the country| fourd dead from exposure at Chi- under a blanket of snow. Following yesterday's tornadoes! a train wrecked by a snowbank which tock a tell of 16 lives in| Maine. : the deep South, a snowstorm rag-| The storm, which had its origin ed, causing new fatalities. im northern Texas, moved ecast- Six deaths were attributed to a/ ward, leaving the area west of the blinzard which has added five in-) Mississippi river snowfree. ches of snow to that already piled “Dirty” weather almost as dan. high in the northeast section, and| serous and more widespread than See tree tn OF B comple of mere! ws which attended the army's inches before it abates. Ea ising aber « * At Portland, Maine, a mounting ‘now blanket reached a depth of two and a half feet. wo | eago and an engineer who died in} i week ago, hampered government avia- tors today. | Sleet, snow and freezing tem- | of the United States kept most of the planes on the ground, and in- sion’can be secured from the own- | { fascis, ‘vith a double-edged axe! ploit aratory to sailing tonight for Char-| protruding, ears of wheat around! ery. | the year 1934 and to facilitate this | Otto Kirchheiner will begin receiv-} The Key West Citven KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1934. PARIS RIOTS NOW REVEAL NEW W FRENCH FASCIS TBODY\ ‘By Associated Press) PARIS, Feb. 26—A “blue shirt” fascist movement, trying to! take root in the inhospitable} political soil of individualistic France, got its first real public no- tice when groups of the new or-} ganization were recognized in the rioting mobs ef the Place de la Concorde, The campaign for membership had been going on for two months, but was restricted to patrons of some of the cafes and to passing, out at subway stations a small) monthly paper, “Le Franciste.’”’} The general public scarcely had! heard of the society. There were no parades, demon- strations or exhibitions of the blue- shirt uniforms in the streets, But ; shortly after the Daladier govern-| ment fell the French federation of labor called a one-day strike against “the menace of fascism.” The leaders, a ~ triumvirate, claim several thousand followers; and steady recruiting. ‘Italian Model’ They operate from a small of-} j fice in the street in Paris whence | Napoleon stepped to fame and to} become emperor. They describe the new order, “francisme,” as a; national-socialism “on the Italian” model, but with methods adapted to France.” | | Marcel Bucard, whom his col- leagues call “the chief”; J. B. Lhe-} | rault and Paul Lafitte are the tri-! | umvirate, who sit in “‘permanent| committee.” Establishment of a dictatorship, with abolition of par- jliamentary government, consti-/ tutes the main plank of their plat-! form. Bucard, a stocky, smooth-shav-j{ | en youngish man, is a war veteran | When subordinates enter to take; ment for everything ailing the with journalistic inclinations. His| orders, they stand at attention and | country, from the Stavisky scandal manifestos employ the ideas of: exchange the fascist salute with’ to the economic crisis. ini, including that. of the| their superiors. . “Between the parlianientarians “corporate oda and the lords | Blame ‘Old Frenchmen’ fi nd the people there are now. ter- Hitler: “Me threaten *Bucard’s utterances are sympa-| Tt accounts fe settle,” says ° fis Hitler warned that) thetic to Mussolini and Hitler. He) Bucard: ‘heads would roll inthe sand. advocates “peaceful and final liq- “We will settle them. Adopt Italian Symbol uidation” with Hitlerite Germany} Would Revive Guillotine Francisme’s headquarters is a‘ of the Franco-German differences} blue-painted office up four dark } and particularly return of the | republic do not realize that their flights of steps in the rear of aj | to Germany. | duty is to disappear, to make building on the rue Vivienne. | No fight against communism is} themselves forgotten and to give There the ‘executive council’ si declared by the French fascists,| up their places to the young and in blue shirts, trousers and berets, ! who profess to see justification for j to the real workers of France, we the official uniform. | it and who limit their criticism to) will make violence serve justice. Francisme’s insignia is a Roman’ “professional communists who ex-| “We will set up guillotines at nequality and human mis-{ the four corners of Paris, and we | will cut off heads.” Neither are the francistes anti-| | Government officials, smiling at background, The wheat represents Semitic. Standing for a non-sec- | the threat, indicated little fear agriculture, the wheel industry,! tarian state, the executive council! that the movement would spread the axe strength. declares for “respect of the be-| far among the French, who, they Sam Brown belts give a military | liefs, religion and Philosophical | said, despite occasional outbursts touch to the uniforms of Bucard’s} principles of the citizens.” j of revolutionary spirit, are so in- staff. On the council’s breasts} ‘Down with the parliamentary | dividualistic that no form of mass are rows of medals, for they are! regime” is their chief cry. They | | discipline, such as that required all veterans of the world war.| blame “the old men” of parlia- i by fascism, appeals to them, INTANGBLETAX (Six Men Burn. To: Death In TURNEDINSOON Hotel Fire: At Utica; NY. 1 (By Assoeinted Press) T. r a FILING OF SAME MUST TAKE UTICA, N. Y., Feb. 26.—]man who PEACE SERORE APSIL 1 FOR! Six men were burned to! second 1934, STATES eacmeccora death this morning in a fire| may die. KIRCHHEINER Would End Parliamentary Resenk Fascism now is trying to get a grip on France. He right, are the three leaders of the French “blue _ shirt: Bucard, Paul Lafitte and J. B. Lhe rault. They describe their order, which t came to public attentio r during the riots in Paris, as na- tional socialism on the Italian mod el. They favor a dictatorship. the fascis and a cogged wheel as! jumped from story a window. He jthat destroyed the Marrone; The cause of the fire was | Hotel here. | undetermined. Filing of intangible tax returns} Four of the must be made before Apri! 1 for}taken from the ruins w six bodies WHERE TO GO deerecccccccosoccccococs { TONIGHT High School Auditorium— ter} ‘american Legion Beauty Pageant. Palace—“Broadway Thru a | Keyhole.” Strand—“Litle Women.” | identified as a marble work- er, CWA worker, ing them tomorrow. and another simply as Pe He will visit each of seven pre-| Gillis, cincts in the city and will receive! returns on tangible and intan-| | gible personal taxes as well as real | ©” to hospitals in two am-) taxes. | bulanc es and a patrol wagon, | Places where the assessor will | and were reported as not} Ke be were announ i i . jounced in advertise-| seriously injured, except onel. ments carried in The Citizen sev-} eral days ago, and are again an-| nounced for the benefit of read-| ers: | Gardner’s Pharmacy, 9 o'clock; ! Pierce Brothers, 9:30; Albury’: Service Station, ,10 o'clock; Long’ Furniture Store, 10:30 0'clock;| Einhorn’s Grocery, 11 o'clock; Harris Grammar School, 11:30! o’clock and Monroe County High School, 12 noon. Wednesday Mr. Kirchheiner will go on the Keys and receive re- turns at Woodburn's Grocery, Is- lamorada postoffice and Taver- nier postoffice, necessary work, Tax Assessor J. salesman, Several victims were tak- TOMORROW ace-——“Broadway Thru A “As Husbands Go” and nvention City. DODGE -- PLYMOUTH NOW ON DISPLAY AT CURTIS MOTOR COMPANY Immediate delivery on all models Located Temporarily At Corner Simonton and Greene Streets “And if the grave-diggers of the]. KEY WEST LOSES OUT IN MOVE TO QUARTER MARINES WM. R. PORTER ADVISED BY DEPARTMENT AT WASHING. TON THEY WILL BE SENT TO PORT EVERGLADES B> PAUL MAY Special Washington of The Citt: ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 26. spondent | | —Because of opposition from Ad- miral Standley, chief of naval op- eration, the navy department a turned thumbs down on the pro- posal to quarter 500 marines aboard the U. S. S. Wyoming at! Key West during fleet maneuver, | it ‘was’ announced today by Wil- liam R. Porter. | ~ Mr. Porter said he was advised! by the department that the marines | would go to Port Everglades as| f | be accommodated be criginally planned, and that they cannot there, some will sent else- where.” Admiral Standley’s opposition! to Key West as a base for the ma- rines was due, navy officials told Mr. Porter, to the desire of Jef- ferson Caffery, U. S. ambassador to Cuba, that for political reasons | no troops would be quartered too BEAUTY PAGEANT TONIGHT CREATES GREAT INTEREST OUT-OF-TOWN JUDGES HERE ALREADY; PARADE WILL BE GIVEN PRIOR TO STAG- ING OUTSTANDING EVENT Tonight at 8 o'clock the cur-| tains part, music will begin and Key West's pulchritude will be re-| vealed to an eagerly awaiting gathering of spectators. The local post of the American} Legion in conjunction with the} Department of Florida has com-} pleted all arrangements for the Beauty Pageant, which promises to be an entertaining revelation of youth, beanty and character. It would be altogether proper and fittiny r'tg: vee over. the’ 45 E trance to High Séhob) an i scription reading: “Through. These | Portals ,Pbss The Most Beaatiful | Girls In The World.” | Out-of-town judges are already in Key West to select from the} galaxy of beauty the one to be given the name “Miss Key West.”! Their task is not one to be} envied, says Ted Pauly, manager | of the contest, who was heard toi Say that never in his experience | has he found so many beautiful} girls in a city the size of this. | To Give Parade Also | A complete program of enter-| tainment has been arraigned in| connectjon with the contest, to be- | gin with the parade this evening} as four depending at 7 o’clock. This will form at! Caroline street and headed by the] Legion Drum and Bugle Corps will jly set forth in telegram and let | local ad-| great ball of steel and struck with Tallahassee. | fident that whoever is selected as|The only reply received to match to the school. | Key Westers generally feel con- “Miss Key West” tonight wili de-' velop into “Miss Florida” Gainesville and will be the reign- ing queen at Miamf in October. | Judges selected to to whom will go the honor this evening will not know any of the| ~ entrants by name. Each will be designated by a number and thene! numbers will not be given out un-! til just before the contest begins. | The admission price is 15 cents and 35 cents. No seats are prom- ised after 8:15 o'clock. STRAND. THEATER Katharine Hepburn and Joan Bennett in LITTLE WOMEN Matinee: Balcony, 10; Orches- | tra, 15-20c; Night, 15-25¢ determine |tained on the rolix. Blizzard And KEY WEST, 8 a. m. Warmest City in United States PRICE FIVE CENTS Death Toll From Tornado, Plane Crash Shown To Be Twenty- Four HIGH WINDS AT MANY POINTS IN FLORIDA TODAY SOME SECTIONS REPORT WIND VELOCITY >> TORNA. DO PROPORTIONS; COLDER WEATHER PREDICTED (My Axssociated Press) JACKSONVILLE, Feb. 26.— Florida portions of the southern end of North and central the peninsula, today experienced high winds which at times reached tornado proportions, accompanied by heavy rains with some rainfall over the entire state with colder weather predicted for tonight and}: tomorrow. At DeLand three airplanes, valued at $8,500, were destroyed when a large hangar was demolish- ed. Palatka reported several thou- sand#dollars of property damage which from tornado winds un- Sanford also experienced a heavy. wind which unroofed sey- and Viet Kime Dead In Three Southern States With Heavy Damage To Property (By Associated Press) BIRMINGHAM, Feb. 26. —Tornadoes, striking sud- denly on the Sabbath, left 16 dead in three southern states, scores injured and heavy property loss. Storms late yesterday ex- tended from Louisiana to /North Carolina with Missis- sippi reporting 10 dead, Ala- bama three, Georgia two and Louisiana one. Alabamia’s toll was plac- ed at 14 in earlier reports, but a recheck scaled the number down. RUSH AID TO COMMUNITIES Death, riding a southern tornado, Atlantic coast bliz- zard and an ill-fated passen- ger airliner, had numbered | roofed houses and blew down trees.| 24 victims today. In the deep South authori- ties rushed food, clothes. and eral houses, tate up orange trees; medical aid to communities and fences, dipped into a eeme-{in three states where torna- tery where the roof of a pavilion} does ripped and tore yester- caved in and many gravestones) day. were toppled over. An unconfirmed report reached | Sanford that the village of Taft! | was wrecked and one killed by al | gia. were’ storms wrecked homes. tornado. Communication facilities crippled for several hours in some sections. NO NEW ORDERS PERTAINING TO CWAE PROJECTS AMOUNT STATED WAS LAID OFF ACCORDING TO AD- VICES FROM HEADQUAR- TERS LAST WEEK modifying Tallahassee There has been no order received from regarding the suspension of 526 men and women from the parvolls of the Civil Works Administrauon in Key West. Pursuant to in.cructions re- ceived the names of men were dropped, according to the number of dependents listed on their case reports, and some of those drop- lists have on ped from the sustenance. Three were known to be ;dead in Alabama, ten in Mississippi and two in Geor- Many were injured as A two-day search for a | missing airliner ended last night when its five passen- | gers and crew of three were jfound dead near a_ snow- | bound canyon not far from Salt Lake City. The giant craft smashed Ke earth in a blinding bliz- zard Friday. Swirling snow. ,.enveleped, a large part of “the nation from New England to “Ne- braska, and southward to Washington and beyond. The storm deaths. caused = six AIRPLANE ACCIDENT SWIFT AND SUDDEN Pe SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. 26.— The wrecking of a giant United Airline Transport plane last Fri- as many! day was so swift and sudden, line them for! officials said today, that the eight persons who died never knew what Ail of these matters were clear-| happened. W. Demeritt sent to ter by W. ministrator, these that communications was relative to work relie but 699 workers w re. there} at! could be nothing done at this time and that} The plane fell vertically like o such force that the engine em- bedded in the ground back to the cabin. All bodies were pushed forward and the ship did not move after striking. There was no evidence j of fire. THE NEW PLYMOUTH NOW ON DISPLAY 8 MORE PLYMOUTHS Will Arrive Wednesday Night NAVARRO, 601 Duval Street Inc. Phone 600