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

Associated Press Day Wire Service VOLUME LV. No. 52. Mother And Three Children Burn To Death In Brooklyn Caught Trapped On Top! ‘EFFORTS TOWARD Floor Of Five-Stery| GETTING MARINES Tenement House This Morning (By Associated Press) BROOKLYN, March 1.— A mother and her three} children were burned to death, and a fourth child critically burned, when fire swept the top floor of a five-} story tenement house today. Firemen, with the aid of ladders, reached the top} floor apartment and found the bodies scattered as though the occupants had | tried to escape. alter the determination of Ad- The head of the family, a! miral Strandley to have the ma- street sweeper, was not at/|Tine forces established at Port home, and police: could not Exerglades, as is shown by the fol- Sa eaey s lowing telegram. reach him immediately. “J, Frank Roberts, WIRE TO J. ERTS GIVING FULL STATUS OF SITUATION Efforts to have the from the U. S. Battleship Wyo- ming quartered at Key West ap- pear to have been futile and the futility of these efforts is empha- sized by a telegram received late yesterday by J. Frank Roberts from Senator Duncan U. Fletcher.! The senator gives his opinion that nothing that can be done will] have made every effort to have NOW PROVE FUTILE, SENATOR FLETCHER SENDS) FRANK moe marines) { i | jricades kept back throngs. “Retel. Senator Tramme! and I} The Bey West Citwen KEY WEST, & a. m. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1934, France Stiffens Spying Penalties; Espionage Scare Includes Stavisky Certain Area Of Key West Navy CEREMONY HELD FOR EMPEROR OF PRICE FIVE CENTS Bill In Senate Would Transfer MANCHU EMPIRE | By RICHARD G. MASSOCK FIFTY THOUSAND SOLDIERS) (By Associated Press) ROTECT). PARIS, March i—Stiffer pun- ASSEMBLED TO ‘PRO | ishment for spies has been voted TO AND) by the French parliament, impelled to speedy action by revelation of, alleged American couple, Robert! | Gordon Switz and his wife, in one and Serge Stavisky, arch swindler, (By Associated Press) in: another; HSING, Manchukuo, March 1.) 4 41) raising the ie tag pris- |—A new dynasty was born today | on term from one to Wwo:or three | f 50,. | years, depending on the serious- | under the protecting guns o! jness of the offense, leaving the} Pu-Yi, maximum at five years and penal- “the | izing a wider range of acts sus-/ | pectible of endangering the state, | | was adopted after lying in a par-| made} liamentary pigeon hole more than} years. | Many Post-War Cases | Espionage throughout France| ‘altar of heaven” along a_ five! since the world war has been so; mile route where barbed wire bar-| prevalent, a senate committee | H found that a more drastic law was ; | urgently needed. H Twenty-five spy cases, with 27 there was one Japanese | arrests, 14 convictions and three} | trooper in the lines, | executions agitated Europe in! Thus did Japan, which sponsor-! 1933, Ten of the cases were in} ed the new empire and Manchu-! France alone, where 18 spy sus-| kuo itself, seek to protect the! pects were arrested and a dozen | young emperor from @ny attempt! convicted. upon his life. It was bitter cold,! State x s have been stolen, | below zero, bought and sold, the authorities | At the “altar of _ heaven” ; declare. The spy scare has been; small handful of foreigners, mo: -| greatest in the neighborhood of ly newspapermen, stood in requir-! France’s new $3,000,000,000 forti-} ed evening dress and without hats, | fications on the German frontier. literally freezing for nearly two Women Agents Numerous | hours poeta the ceremony, | HENRY PU-YI FROM IMPERIAL PALACE 000 soldiers when Henry became king, the emperor of great Manchu empire.” A bullet-proof limousine, in, America, carried him jto and; from the imperial palace to the For every three Manchukvoan, | soldiers, a Robert Gordon S: J., and his wife, Marjorie, ‘They Await French Spy Teinls Yard To Lighthouse Department MANY MORE NAMES’ contr And Jurisdiction /4 \DROPPEDFROMCWA) © Ces! Whares, Other C2} ROLLS HERE TODAY) orcs Wil Be Ue | der Commerce Dept. THREE HUNDRED AND THIR- TY-FOUR TAKEN OFF WITH THREE HUNDRED AND SIX- TY-FIVE EMPLOYED NOW i | | | By PAUL MAY Was tom Correspondent of The Citizen WASHINGTON, D. C., | March 1. — Approximately 113,000 square feet of the With the names of 334 em-| naval reservation at Key ployes-dropped from the active] West will be transferred to liste of. the Civil: Werks “Adminis: — light house reservation tration this afternoon there main but 365 persons actively em | under the terms of a bill in- ployed. j Sroatces in the senate on - Two weeks ago there were 1,- | February 26 by Senator H. tively engaged Cr 1) Stephens, of Mississippi, see ei chairman of the senate com- merce committee, who ported favorably upon Special 225 employ projects. Last week, pur: orders from Tallahassee, this num- ber was reduced to 5 Early this week orders vere! received to reduce the work.ng! force to 365 and t~+ names of} Tuesday. gs enna’ were airickee ae The bill was drafted on the in- @ lists today. Making a totalj ,..). of 860 person SE pe of em. | Stigation of the secretary of the navy and the secretary of com- | merce and has as its purpose the | pcomanent transfer of the con- re- it W. Ww. Demeritt, administrator | TO SECURE FUNDS - FOR SCHOOL AID. GOVERNOR SHOLTZ AND REP- RESENTATIVES OF VARIOUS , ORGANIZATIONS HEAR MAT. | TER AT MEETING BS at atindia igen na Reet Sa (Hy Asseetated Press) TALLAHASSEE, March 1.—A program, which, they said, would} raise $7,500,000 of state funds} for schools without — increasing taxes, was laid before Governor Sholtz today by representatives of various organizations, The governor and delegation met in executive session and when! it was over H, H. Filer, president of the Florida education associa-; tion, said the governor had not committed himself on the pro-/ posals, The proposal was to reallocate gasoline tax revenue so that one and one half cents of it, approxi- mately $3,000,000, would be add- ed to the revenue now going to schools, The delegation proposed to take three quarters of a cent each from allocations now going to the ' marines quartered in Key West. Chief of Naval Operations Stand-/ ley positively states it impossible! to consider Key West and that j they will be quartered at Port | Everglades, It is my candid | opinion that if the matter is con- tinued to be agitated, Florida will lose out entirely and marines will be sent to Guantanamo, Cuba. “DUNCAN U, FLETCHER.” FIRST ISSUE OF LOCAL MAGAZINE APPEARS TODAY “PATHS” IS TITLE OF PE- RIODICAL EDITED BY MA- RIE CAPPICK; NEAT IN ITS APPEARANCE “Paths” is the title of a month- ly magazine edited by Marie Cap- pick, of 415 Olivia street, Key West, the first issue of which ap- peared today. It is a neat and compact volume of 20 pages embraced in a gray cover without embellishments, The cover carries the title “Paths, | March 1934, 20 cents the copy.” The forma‘ such as to permit it Women, always glamorous fig-; in the mysterious shadows of , H nage, have figured in the | French cases. Half of the 10 sus- | pects caught in the dragnet that ur charges of being members of a ring of spies. They were arrested be- fore Christmas. Such things as fountain pens which pump up speci- ! in Mol zen he is inclined to believe, nm ounty, tol The Citi- aft- mens of war chemicals, cameras masquerading as wrist watches and | et reading the article in this paper secrets copied on necktie linings have been found, the police claim, in some of the many espionage cases. ly | dent's terday, concerning the announcement ef a presi- “Te or entangled the Switzes are women. | | ganized national reliet prograni,” ELE ED H | The mysterious “Marie Louise” OF ROTARY CLUB} of the famous Baillie-Stewart case! of the Tower of London, lurks in the background, with French po- lice suspecting a connection be-| REV. DAY AND MAYOR MA- LONE GIVE. ADDRESSES em “La Belle Sophie” Drost, a fron-1 tier beauty, was sentenced recent- ly to two years’ imprisonment. She was convicted, along with fiv men, of espionage on the new | forts. At an election held at the regu-! Clever Devices Found lar Rotary luncheon today, Ed- Secrets written on necktie-lin-| die Strunk was elected as presi-|ings, inscribed on cigarette paper} dent of the organization, and will; and hidden in imitation pearls of take office in July. Election of; necklaces, or embroidered in a other officers will be held at the) telegraphic dot-and-dash design on! | ee first meeting. in April. | feminine handkerchief, have | Bridge Commission, who has been Rev. James S. Day, pastor of) been discovered by the French po-} the the First Baptist Church of this! lice in some of their investigations. city, and Mayor William H, Ma-| Wrist-watches. which really are lone, both gave addresses on the} tiny cameras, and fountain pens’ pushing the overseas loan appli-} subject of Rotary, and their talks; used to pump up surreptitiously a/ Publi proved to be very interesting! few drops of a new chemical in aj ublic Works throughout. war-gas laboratory, also have been Jim Franklin, past president of | Seized. e the Fort Myers Rotary Club, was! Here are some of the major of- a visiting Rotarian at the session| fenses of espionage punishable, mission to move, he said today. today, while there were a few of; under the new French code: the officers of the government} Obtaining, divulging or induc- | vessels in port also in attendance. | ing others to obtain or divulge se- The meeting was presided over; ¢ret objects, plans, maps, docu- tween her and some of those ar- rested in Paris. DAY AT REGULAR LUNCH. EON OF ORGANIZATION | | | speeiat WASHINGTON, | March William R. Porter, general mana- onient | | seriously ill for past weeks, will relinquish his task of | ‘cation before the administration, and go south as ! j soon as his doctor gives him per- leave Washington at the end of Recent Illness Causes Porter . To Lay Off Bridge Activities; Retain = To Recuperate' ger of the Overseas Road and Toll | two i Porter said he would probably| that it will be only a short time before we-kers will be called for service. H Especially is he encouraged by that part of the article which re- fers to “stranded populations in ! communities where industries haye died” | for a long time. ‘COLORED STEWARD | APPEARS INSANE Charles H, Russell, chief steward on the | Tender Ivy, is being heM in eus-| {tody of the sheriff pending an | exami ion to his sanity, { his bed last weekend in violation j of his doctor’s orders to visit gov-} ernment departments in behalf of| | the proposal to quarter marines at| Key West during fleet manuevers, | H. H. Taylor will take Porter’s place here as representative of the Overseas | Road and Toll Bridge Commission, | Porter stated. He said he plan His actions have beea | to contact Judge Taylor by tele-| ;,° seiik Unik ak Sh bine phone today or tomorrow and try; iahoring’ under the | hallucination| to arrange with him to come to’ that he has lots of money coming! Washington and take jto him. ~ This mental “attitude! finished task, Puetec Anduid ds 4) causes him to act in the most ab-} | eet. Her eeee nO Wass NOl! curd manner, it. is anid, H | abandoning his fight for the bridge |” Judge Hugh Game tas + appeint | foun, but that for the sake of hit! 4 De H.C. Geley, Dr eget | health it was essential that he get/ tao and J. G. Piodela ag © con: a warmer climate for a short ssell’, mission to determine Russell's time, he only time I'll quit | Judge probably up the un- | as the cigar industry on aj — large scale has been dead here! iw trol and jurisdiction of coal wharves and other properties from ‘the navy department to the com- | merce depaftment, and the ‘old postoffive, building and its sur- rounding’ laid igom the commerce departinent? to navy depart. ill be used for | of Store shed ‘A, and coal wharf A’, together h the land under and around these structures, including a 13 ivvt strip along the south side of building No, 1. The transfer will be contingent upon a vote in the senate and house, Editor's Note: The above is vidently only a matter of form te nake the exchange legal and a matter of record in congress. The exchange was effected during the latter part of 1932 and the light- jouse department took possession of Navy Building Number 1, Feb- ruary 21, 1933, At the same time the mavy took over the old fed- eral building occupied by the lighthouse and within a short time the communication service and all equipment was moved in. These exchanges followed a mutual agreement between the secretary of commerce and the secretary of this week. He said that he had} | ments or information of a military, mental status, being readily carried in the pocket road department and county bond fund and hand it over to the ELEVEN LICENSES 10 WED IN MONTH During the month of February! Judge Hugh Gunn issued 11 mar- riage licenses. Six of them were issued up to February 22 and the others were issued during the week ending yesterday. Those to whom permits were is- sued this week are: Herman F. Albury and Lena Kelly; Hesba Roberts and Lois Parks; Harry; Herman Keepers and Mary Louise Johnson; Luis Carpentier and} Tana Ugarte; Henry Ivey Jones} and Lucille Ault. WHERE T0 GO | iGHT Palace—“He Couldn't Take It.” Strand—“Good Dame” and} SShould Ladies Behave,” TOMORROW te Couldn’t Take It.”| agitive Lovers” and ; FREE FREE AGFA Ansco No. 2 Cameras Get tickets on all purchases of DRUG SUNDRIES amount- ing to 10¢ or more. Page’s Soda Fountain | fei bitiue aatieat ano | informative, of a coat. An editorial on Page 3 and Page 4 announces that the author believes a sufficient number of Key Westers will be interested to warrant the publication and that local and visiting residents will enjoy knowing of the far remote Old Key West with its courtly gentlemen and charming ladies. The reader is promised contri- butions from Hon. Jefferson B- Browne, George Allan England, Earl Adams, Howard Peace, Ed. F. Cranch, La Place Bostwick, Anna Corcoran and Raul Chris Under the name of Manhattan Parader, a prominent columnist will contribute each month a column under the caption “Side- walks of New York.” This first issue is highly enter- taining. The pages crowded with instructive and en- tertaining matter. It is printed } on white, heavy unglazed paper in large type characters. The first issue of 100 copies of “Paths” was printed by The Art- man Pres DIES FROM DANCING CHICAGO.—At the first party she attended after the death of her husband a year before, Mrs. Edith ! Rollins, of this city, died of ex- | haustion from excess! i | What _One.Wife Decided | READ “Judith Lane” by Sebastian Cabrera, Jr., presi- dent of the organization, diplomatic or economic nature many matters of interest discussed | which affect the national defense or safety. Wall Scaling Penalized Making photographs or drawings! during the meeting. | withia six miles of a fortification Tor other military establishment to MIAMI TONIGHT “*'«: access is forbidden stran- | gers. Scaling walls or otherwise forc- CARNERA-LOUGHRAN HEAVY-} WEIGHT BOUT POSTPONED | With Relief ing way into such places. FROM LAST NIGHT with! suffered a relapse because. he left! Secret trial is provided for, if} the authorities think the country’s| welfare would be endangered by ‘ourts martial are; jiction over all spies in | time of war or a te of siege. ‘JAMES FRANKLIN | ARRIVES IN CIT: ment” by Covernor Dave Shoitz i Fagg telegraphed his resigna my 3 TALLAHASSEE, March Marcus Fagg resigned today as di- rector ergency relief admin (Ny Associated Press) MIAMI, March 1.— Fair weather _ prevail- ing after a rain, the much delayed and little Carnera - Loughran world heavyweight title bout will be offered up to the entertainment cf afew thousand fight fans tonight despite two conflicting attractions in Florida, and his resig- 2 istration ‘without com- three-day } tion from Jacksoaville, and CANDIDATE FOR STATE ae ATOR IN COMING PRIMARY in-' 1 ballyhooed James A. Franklin, pee | from Fort Myers, was a caller at | | The Citizen office today after at- tending the weekly luncheon of! | the Rotary Club as guest of Mayor | ; Wm. H. Malone. | | Mr. Franklin came to Key West | red-eyed from a | for a one-day visit and to acquaint [his Siisale of Mie candidacy fac} ne Oe ee See the state senate in the comi: ing | bo ing to primary. He will have two opponents from this county: Senator Arthur Gomer, the incumbent, and Rep- resentative William V. Albury. | whose announcement is now run- j ning in this paper. PARIS, March 1.—Parliament,! —a flower show and tea dance. struggle, and sistence of Premier Gast Doumergue made him CHARLES LAUGHTON in “THE PRIVATE LIFE OF HENRY VII" PALACE—Saturday | tariff dictator. The 1934 budget, as voted by | Marcus Fagg Resigns‘Place French Parliament Balances Budget After Long Struggle ) parliament today, gives a surplus) (this job is, if and when, they throw | me out,” he asserted, Secretary Rioatins Sian No Fixed Monetary Policy As Yet (By Assoc a ress) March 1.—ysecurities can be used as collat- ie administration, in the words|°"! for federal reserve notes. | Administration Press) formed the governor WASHINGTON, and chil. | of Secretary Morgenthau, is “Just} ROOSEVELT WILL dren’s home society, of which Fars beginning to sce a little light,” and| DISCLOSE NRA PL/.NS WASHINGTON, March 1.— ill be no fixed monetary| President Roosevelt will disclose his pcns for NRA in » personal ance Monday before group x by Administra is state superintendent, that he} there wi had terminated his leave of ab-! ve today. in the CWA has has policy until the gleam is clearer. | a fect : ; Py. « i Presentation of those views to) ,.,, the house coinmmittee toda not been app Fagg i cided ~ > decisw r administrator since Rooseveik tc go before prs thei | another time to report on bis re-|s a: their view The president’s address Ss m., Eastern Standard Time, » * ME8ID | he ‘roadeast to the nation. <on-| Significance was attached by ' the housejobservers to the sudden decision Itural sap-{to aduress the conference. Some believed the president would give his ideas for the future of the national recovery act as ity with| well as take up some of the com- Mor-| plaints presented at the invitation tof Johnson, 16 recovery plans Monday. at Senate consideration we: this afternoon naval | struction to the measure a* | kept on with the a ply bill. } bill to establish | auth | Appearing « fe of 9,000,000 france revenue over) so ontra] | estimated expenditures which were | «Je curren: 3 eral sing powers, will be. We} set at more than 48,300,000,000 xenthau francs or about $3,100,000,000. The premier was granted dic- | CTRAND THEATER Sylvia Sidney-Fredrie March in GOOD DAME Lionel Barrymore-Alice Brady in Should Ladies Behave? Matinee: Balcony, 10¢; Orches- tra, 18-20c; Night, 15-25 fute: « what is the tatorial powers to effect govern- ‘sande monetary | The knee. bank 4 approved the Fle extending oest way to mittee; Steagat! bill} 3, 1925, the! h government} mental economies and manipulate tariffs im megotiating trade trea- ties.