The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 12, 1934, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service VOLUME Lv. Bandits Rob Kansas Bank Of — Undetermined Amount Of Money ‘PAYROLLS FOR CWA FORCES NOW BEING MADE UP {ALL ACTIVITIES FOR PRO-) (By Aw inted Press) IN KEY WEST UP To’ ATCHISON, Kansas, Mar.| 7=°TS nt ILL BE PAID 12.—Five men robbed the aero { Exchange National Bank) AS SOON AS POSSIBLE here of an undetermined! amount of money this morn- No. 61. Five Men ne Hold-Up Engage In Gun Battle! With Police; Kidnap Bank Force i Payrolls for March 9 and 19 on! ing, and engaged in a brief all projects in Key West, regard: less of their be) gun battle with police, and }made up and paid from CWA, nature, are to kidnaped practically the en-| funds as soon as possible, This; tire bank force to cover their | brings to a close all CWA pay-| escape, releasing all but two | rolls seomene-hoetiged!<hs<ithey| _Pavtols on federal and e : ployment projects for work done drove out of town. after March 10 will be paid from! Chief of Police W. C. Lin-| Federal Emergency Relief funds) well, who encountered the |i W. W. Demeritt, ad-) | ministrator, has been so advised.| bandits as they left the bank, |" taishassee advises that rules (eas shot in the arm, bnd Ed| and regulations to govern these! Iverson, cashier of the Ex- procedures will be sent to Key} " ~~" | West within the next few day: change State Bank, which reem- in cash. FIRE ON BOCA ~ CHICA. BRIDG “soao ronces | CASH BONUS BILL GIVEN APPROVAL BY HOUSE UNIT The work period is to remain i ildi the same as_ heretofore, from meerpies the;seme building, |v day through ‘Thursday, Ad-| was injured when he at-| ministrative forces, d bursement | tempted to jump off the ban- offices, keepers of records and) 5 workers on all federal projects! dit car as it roared out of} wit! be paid in cash from FERA town. ! funds, until further orders are re-| ‘ - | ceived. | The bandits still held! What the new arrangement of | Misses May Low and Addie; a medens is to te what wos plan for bringing relief to suffer-| Mattocks. We communities to become ef-| \ fective by Mar has not been} | learned by Adi rator Demeri- itt, he said today, but expects to| ‘have explicit instructions before} the end of the week and be able té~announce ‘the resumption of; | work early next week, if not soon- er, ‘ | All the damage by fire to the; Boca Chica bridge early Sunday morning was immediately after- wards repaired, temporarily, by} the state road department work-, ers, ‘and autoists were enabled to leave over the highway to catch; MORE THAN TWO THIRDS | + nee | VOTE NECESSARY TO OVER-| The fire was reported and ap-; paratus from fire department sta- RIDE VETO OBTAINED; To! GO TO SENATE tions Numbers 1 and 3 went to) the scene. When the flames were extin- guished it was shown that a space | about eight feet long and three (By Associated Prenn) feet wide had been badly dam-, WASHINGTON, March 12.—By aged. What caused the fire was} more than a two-thirds vote that | not dete ed. i i | i ' was necessary to override a presi- POLICE OFFICIAL t=! rem Som ster om oocica immediate consideration of ARRIVES IN CITY the Patman cash bonus bill. ‘ The rol! call vote was 313 to Charles D, Able, h high official of | 104. the New York police force, and Mrs, Able, are visitors in the city! for the second time this year, {| were laid for quick house passage They arrived on a_ va : the some time ago and spent several days fishing and enjoying a regu-| Where the attitude on the question lar Key West fish fry with M Carrie Herttell Ford as hostess Leaving last week the Ables! spent a while in Havana, returned Saturday on the Florida, and ex-| pect to remain for a few days be-| there would be insufficient votes fore returning to New York, The vote overrode the ad- ministration’s wishes and plans 'OR’ and sending it to senate is problematical. ! House leaders expressed belief is even if the measure enacted Nine Persons Missing On Two Boats Rescued By Coast Guard (By Associated Press) MIAMI, March 12.—Nine per-) craft in cold and wind-swept wa- sons, missing on two fishing boats ters. since yesterday, were rescued to- From the Cru day by the Coast Guard Seaplane Arcturus, after spending an un- ght Auxiliary ser Dawn, which set out yesterday for the Gulf stream and failed to turn schedule, the brought five person five-year-old child a while four Cubans were from a concrete-bottomed derelict which lies in Biscayne Bay they were stranded after rowboat sank, The Dawn was stranded on a icoral reef south of Cape Florida Free Delivery light. on seaplane comfortable aboard their Kotex and Modess SPECIAL THIS WEEK, per package 19¢; GARDNER'S PHARMACY Phone 177 their e' that as the ONE KILLED IN HAVANA DURING CLASHES TODAY NINE ALSQ WOUNDED IN RIO#ING BETWEEN STRIK- ERS AND STRIKE BREAKERS AT WARD LINE DOCKS (By Associated Press) HAVANA, March 12. —One strike breaker was killed and nine wounded in a clash be- strikers and breakers on the Ward tween Line docks today. It was the first ser- ious incident on the wa- terfront since the dock workers’ strike began. Since Friday, workers were protected by sol- diers who had been la- boring as stevedores. CRIMINAL COURT CONVENES TODAY FOR MARCH TERM JURYMEN DRAWN FOR PRO- CEEDINGS; NUMBER OF CASES ANNOUNCED ON SOUNDING OF DOCKET Criminal court for the March term convened this morning with} | Judge J. Vining Harris presiding and all officers of the tribunal} present. Directly after court was clared open a jury of 18 drawn from the box as follows Frank Lewinsky, P. M. Crews, sworth, Ernest A. Rob- il Griffin, George G. Al- , Charles Manuel, de- was well, Lacedonia, Bernard Vidal, James | H. Pinder, Elmer del Pino, Char- | lie Key, Frank de Leon, Harry E. Russell, Dalbert Bethel and W. R. Pinder. Cases Announced The docket was following cases t otherwise disp: " of: Prince Perkins, embezzlement, nol prossed. Frank Sosin, assault | tery, continued for the term. was shown that defendant sounded for trial or and bat- and | all witnesses are out of the cit Armando Machin, assault and battery, continued for the term. J. T. Williams, aggravated as- sault, passed. George Wilkerson, with a statutory offense, will be tried Wednesday. Attorney Gee G. Brooks, representing the defendant, stated he will file an insolvency affidavit and that a court stenographer be pro- vided. Howard Sanchez, assault, will be tried Saturday. Pleaded Guilty Martinburg, language, charged aggravated Laurie cha’ with using arraigned. Before County Solici- tor J. F. Busto could read the charge the prisoner pleaded guilty. Mr. Busto asked him knew what he pl guilty to and he replied no. When the he reiterated his plea of guilty and was sentenced to pay a fine of $5 and cost n county jail for 20 days. Panchito Per battery, will b Will Henry Winfred is charged with vagrancy and his case is set for t Moses sault, to be trie Morris 4 was charge was read and aggravated Thursday. larceny on three vied Thursday edy, charged w g in the nig d in eri as- th Busto stat on United States property, weather bureau and Marine authorities Judge Harris hos have jurisdic * curred Albert At-! William H. Gibson, Octavio! and! Tt; ask} The Kep West Citsen KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, MARCH 12, 193. KEY WEST, 8 a. m. PRICE FIVE CENTS Famous Sons Of F amous Fathers THE ” ROCKEFELLERS: MONARCHS “OF OIL Soccccccccccooeees By RADER WINGET ! 3 led Press) 4 NEW larch 12.—The “richest man in the world” train-| | | | cd his son on a rock pile. | John D. Rockefeller, Jr., work-| J | ed at day-labor wages of 15 cents} ‘an hour breaking rocks and chop-} | j ping wood to “learn the value of | money.” Ilis father worked for less than ! that when he started in business, but after 1867, when he dipped | into oil, his income pyramided be-| | yond the clouds. H Just ‘Dad’ : Popular fancy also tagged John! D, with the title of “richest man j in the world”—as it had many ‘ another—but so far as his son was} coneerned the father was simply “dad.” Said tne son: “My father’ is the} | most interesting man I have ever known.” | His life shows he looked to his{ father for guidance, but the! father never exerted a curbing} hand of authori When it came time for the son| to go to work, he wv given a! | desk in hi her e. There| were po instruction i “Apparently it was his inten-| tion,” said the son. hat I should | make my own w { Ready To Catch Him It was a case of trial and error | in the business world for the son, } with the father standing behind! the scenes but ready to steady | him if he should trip. The father allowed him to trip! on at least one occasion, and the; — son turned to his father for aid. | There was no hint of colding. | | The son had “learned his lesson,” The mistake was made by the | son when he Pissed confidence in| a stuck sp ¢ Hid bought ine to an issue. The speculator could not make! good his , and Rockefel-/ ller, Jr., ced to repay a; large loan used in the transaction. ! He went to his father, told the story, answered searching ques- tions and received a loan to meet his outside obligations. { As the son told it: “He said he would see me through. That was all, There was no reproach, and not even a warning as to the future.” | Not A Policeman H dually the son took over the | direction of his father's mam- j moth interests, no little part of which was giving away money. In later years the son lauded his father’s sagacity in handling | his children and said: | “Any policeman can say ‘Don't,’ but helpful guidance and wise di- consist in showing us That has been my son to me, father can John D. Rockefeller, Sr., didn’t hedge his son's life with re- strictiors. He preferred that the youth make his own way and learn from example rather than precept. John D., Jr., thinks so much of his father’s method that he is using it with the third gen- eration of the oil king’s family. One Of Japan's Latest And Most — Modern War Vessels Wrecked With — Cy Ass TOKYO, March 12. ; Japan’s newest scorpion the ted Press) —!ship had been found after being of| Missing since early — morning “badly damaged and © drifting, the seas, Tomozuru, tor- many of her crew drowned. armament pedo boat with The vessel of 527 tons was re- greater than most ships: garded carrying one 0 heaviest armaments ever con was wrecked ; twice her size, ceived for a ship her size. mysteriously today with a It was reported that on probable loss of 120 men. tai trip in connec The navy declined to de- the but it off the na 120 officer the vers H scribe disaster imme-, ried and men above normal complement, almost had naval diately, ‘t Was The navy office certain the Tomozuru forts were proceed capsized off esebo mG mental The boat nth, rection any what to do. } father’s enduring \ It is one which eve | give.” The son didn’t s his children started to college. them to make their own choice, d the selections so far have Princeton, Dartmouth and base in heavy weather. wa ministry announced the Mary And Doug Patch Up Matters. And Are Now Near Reconci liation GEORGEB.PARK osc" DIES. IN MIAMI Fairbanks, Sr., and his wife, Mary Pickford, have practically patch- “Don't” to when they He allowed y own heen Yale. On The Ice Jr., likes to recall lit about his father. Rockefeller other cinted Presse John D., stori When the younger child, he and ated on a lake near their home. Senior would carefully test the ice with his own weight before the children started skat- ing “He led us,” said the son, example rather than precept.” After the family moved to New York a rink was built near the house, and many mornings elder Rockefeller in a tall hat would make few turns on the ice before leaving for his of- tle Douglas was a chil- dren ed up all their differences, and INFANT SON OF MR. AND MRS. The are near reconciliation, IVAN PARK; BRINGING BODY HERE sociated Press learned from disputable sources today. Fairbanks and Miss Pickford have talked over a transatlantic silk a telephone within the last few days with the result that their reunion Today John D. Rockefeller, Sr., golf and gives away bright new dimes while his son has tak- en the empire of dollars off his shoulders. No Hero Worship For Children with his fanancial his own children on old basis of married life, is plays practically assured. of “It is just a matter time now, but reconciliation will re- But even quire several months,” in- guides formant said. a small allowance and FINDS MONEY IN QUILT rom the public hero worship that aches to wealth. > crown prince the and to the grand 1 robes of son, Probable Loss Of 120 Men Aboard f the 4 South Carolina Man Dies In ~ Electric. Chair For Murder | Of Youth; f Full Confession SPIE ISH SIB ret Wiles, Slayer Of Key West Has Lowest Reading For Winter, Hubbert Harris, Goes Te | Death With Hymn On According to the weather report compiled by G. R. Ken- nedy, meteorologist at the lo- cal station, the temperature at Key West this morning of 56 degrees was the lowest of the present winter season. The report also shows that this was 10 degrees higher than Miami, which had a read- ing of 46. Although Key West had its lowest reading for the season, it also shows that this city at the same time was the warmest in the United States with the possible exception of Los Angeles, which was one degree higher. PPI PPL LMI SS. (By Associated Press) COLUMBIA, South Caro- | h 12, — Robert +‘ Wiles was electrocuted at jthe state penitentiary today {for kidnaping and_ killing Hubbard Harris, Columbia } school boy. i The 49-year-old mechanié 'went to his death with ; hymn on his lips after mak- jing a full | taking | for the crime. | “Lam guilty, I did it and I | am ready to pay for it.- No one else was in it at all,”’ he a confession, and responsibility THOMAS TERRY DOING TIME IN RAIFORD PRISON) 0»« \ |" PRISONER WAS ARRESTED IN} The { short sole current cut KEY WEST SOME TIME AGO, singing of the i hymn, xod Fr CHARGED WITH THEFT AT: |”) : na hikes Whom All Blessings Flow.” COLONIAL HOTEL . a aia The Harris youth was lur- Thomas Terry, who was arrest-| ¢@ away from home and jed ee April e in or phe eal hammered to death with an {a charge of theft ‘n the Colonial} , 4 Z i | Hotel and was 10t prosecuted be-| iron bar on his fifteenth [cause of insufficient evidence, is) birthday, two days | doing five years“in the state pr ison| ' at Raiford. death his “Praise before j last Christmas, He was arrested Jast nréeerahae| Wiles said he intended to Miami, tried in Dade fee extort $1,000 from the boy’s inal court on re ! breaking and enter and. com-| father. mitting grand larceny y and found| Key We st, Enriqu ATTEND COLLEGE GOLDEN JUBILEE Mayg, ae auty! sheriff, set a tra: the hotel with Basil T) poseing as entered the r ONLY ONE OF FOUR DELE- GATES FROM KEY WEST | ABLE TO ATTEND; OTHER THREE LOCAL PASTORS Mayor Wm. H. Malone will be the only one of the delegates from West who will attend the ithern College Golden Jubilep Lakeland tomorrow, He left afternoon, or Malone was one of Sour nted from Key We rhem- of 200 who were ve boarde ry of Mr. Tynes and captured. entered the as Terry contended he and had no inten- He was held for d on prom take an room by tion of doing m wrong. arrested and after beip a relea city. ection S wa to leave t fact ne in ¢ with a in Dade evif his rest, t conviction, entence count K a leng and are 8) thy in posse K different ¢ ted rested by imr a and deported, the! ber of commi. to be celebrated ion present when the others were Rev Methodi Shuler Peele t « WHERE TO GO spinseananenenebhonamtin Elood Mone Dinn at Fleming Street W. J. Mar- Memorial church. of the this t church; Re | Due to the | Young People’ opening ague beginning and the three ary to for TOMORKOW i mini they f | | | » the pleas- Rolling’’| it neee ” Sharp Earthquake. Rocks Salt Lake City; ho Damage, However a Wrens) Hundreds of earl of early mort pedestrians stopped in streets and watched the idings shake. was reported | STRAND THEATER Dressler-Edmund Lowe odie DINNER AT EIGHT Matinee: Balcony, 10¢; Orches- tra, 15-20; Night, 15-25¢ Other also i | | } i