The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 13, 1934, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service VOLUME LV. No. 62. Three Seamen On Vessel Escape Through Hatch Hopes Seinstained That Many Others On Board Stricken Ship May Yet Be Alive | (By Associated Press) SASEBO, Japan, March 13.—The remarkable rescue | of three seamen raised the faint hope today that others may still be alive in the Ja-} Capsized Jap MORE JURORS ARE DRAWN TO SERVE CRIMINAL COURT, ONE MINOR CASE HEARD! DURING SESSION HELD TO- | DAY; OTHER CASES WILL) BE TAKEN UP TOMORROW) Criminal court met this mor ing for the purpose of receiv panese Torpedo Boat Tomo-| zuru, which capsized yester- day in heavy seas with 113 men aboard. | Three members of the engine} room ¢rew were first reached through an airhole drilled into the stricken ship’s hull as she lay keel upward. H They were handed milk to re-} vive their strength. They said| eight other men stil! lived in the! engine room. The presence of the three res- cued men was discovered by tap- ping from within the ship’s hull it was towed into port. After being handed milk through the, drilled hull, the men escaped through a submerged hatch and floated to the surface as a mighty ‘cheer rose from the! rescuers, MRS. A.CLEARE COUNTY PUBLIC APPOINTMENT MADE BY CIV-' IL WORKS SERVICE; NAM. ED FOR PERIOD COVERING | NEXT SIX WEEKS Mrs, Allan B. Cleare, Jr., has! been appointed public health nurse for Monroe county by the Civil Works Service. The appointment) covers a period of six weeks, | Miss Anna Gabriel, district su- pervisor of the Public Health Nu sing Service, was in Key We: yesterday and after a close stud of the situation. named = Mrs. Cleare. The appointee must be a regis- tered graduate nurse whose re- cord is such as to show ability and experience sufficient to war- rant the tryst bein; posed, These qualifications are pos- sessed by Mrs, Cleare who has had a wide experience in health mat- ters and was before marriage on the nurse’s staff of the Marine hospital at Key West. Duties of the position entail work at the schools of the county and visiting registrants on the di- rect relief lists of the FERA. During the term of duty the service is under the supervision of the State Board of Health of Florida. TWO KILLED IN PLANE CRASH (By Associated Press) SAN ANTONIO, Mar. 13.—F lying Cadets Nel- son Samuels and J. W. Carson, of Kelly Field, were killed today when their ship crashed. NOTICE! Fruits and Vegetables On SaleJ’ Wednesday Morning { Grapefruit, 3 for Oranges, each Carrots, Beets, nips, bunch Large Lettuce, New Potatoes, Onions, Ib SPECIALS Aunt Jemima Grits, box Golden Age Spaghetti, box Se Peanut Butter, 1b jar 1S EINHORN’S GROCERY 901 Duval St. Phone 216 } j Celery, Tr i head 10 Ibs. . We 35e Se Te i the county court hous | several days by the return on the venire of 18 jurors summoned when court con-} vened yesterday. Of the entire number only 11 could be located and three of these asked to be excused as their wor! would be interfered with if thei: services were exacted. Judge J. Vining Harris excused the jurors and drew a special ve- nire of 12 returnable tomorrow! morning at 9:30 o’clock. Those for whom summons were issued are: William C. Lowe, Al-| fred T. Knowles, U. B. Bethel,| Guy Larner, Diego Torr Harry M. Sawyer, Thomas M. sae s R. Russell, Theodore Albu Ralph W. Cash, T. Jellison John. son, of Tavernier and Sidney Thompson, Will Henry Winfred, colored, entered a plea of guilty to vagran-| cy and was sentenced to 20 days in the county jail, beginning from the date of his ar: His attorney showed the prison-| er to have been in jail for 17 days. hence he will be after he has served three from date, George youth, days Wilkerson, charged with a statutory offense, will be placed on triat tomorrow morning. ‘CLAIMED MANY INTERESTED IN KEY PROPERTY COURT HOUSE ING RECORDS AS PERTAINS : TO TAX CERTIFICATES Business has been speeded up at during the past few days and Clerk Ri jawyer has been busy searching the records and filing redempt- tions, For the past week or so there has been a great deal of activity on the Keys and last Sunday. cording to authentic there were approximately automobiles on Key Largo Matecumbe. reports, While nothing definite could be} learned it was rumored that a syn- dicate had started to corner land in that section buying up tax cer- tificates and a number of owner of land on he K have be hastening to pay up delinquent taxes and save their lands. Yesterday a man and woman, who have been on the K for several months looking over the holdings and making — investiga-| tions, came to Key West and spent} almost $2,000 in attorney's fees) has been made that there is a ship-! Lawrence treaty foes as and with Clerk Sawyer in purchas- ing tax deed certificates, Whatever is the cause realty activity and the desire the part of visitors to own on the Keys, it has created speculation, it is shown, and ed unusual activity. FERRY PARROTT RETURNS HERE Ferry Parrott, of the East Coast Car Ferry returned yesterday afterno of this) on! and | Havana with 95 sacks of » 12 empty cars This trip was the first made it the ferry, due the strike other ban capital Two yachts, the Bonnie Jean, Ill, and Irene, II, both of New York register, are berthed at the terminal docks of the P. and O. S. S. company. of longxhore e ry unrest in released | colored | OFFICIALS | ARE KEPT BUSY SEARCH-| Cc.) ac-} 3,000} and| The Key West Citven KEY WEST 8 a. m. Warmest City in United States KEY WEST. FLORIDA, TUESDAY, MARCH 13, ‘TRAVEL DOCUMENT, FOR INSULL ISSUED ~|BY UNITED STATES, iu | PAPERS ESTABLISH jDeNTL| TY OF CHICAGO FUGITIVE) WHO HAS, BEEN ORDERED | TO GET OUT OF GREECE (ity Associated Press) ATHENS, March ise —The | | United States consulate today is-' sued a travel document for Sam-| uel Insull, Sr., Chicago fugitive, establishing his identity. | With this travel document in of obtaining visas | to permit thai to travel in other | countries now rests directly with, | Greece, The reason for this proce lure was not immediately made public, ' i but it was assumed that Insull, pattling against a Greek govern- j ment order that he must leave | | their country on or before Thurs-} d may have refused to pay for visas necessary before he can} travel. | There was still no authenticated ; | Suggestion about where he would | | go or how, FOODSTUFFS | FOR | RELIEF MEMBERS MOVING SLOWLY i NEED FOR ADDITIONAL IN- | VESTIGATORS TO DETER.) } MiNE WHO IS DESERVING, | | | | { { | | i TAKEN UP BY DEMERITT | 1 While there is a large quantity} of foodstuffs on hand for distri-* | bution to clients of the FERA on} \direct relief, it is being moved} slowly due to the restrictions plac- ed on the issuance. | Except in extreme cases |cial service branch orders for food stuffs unless the |cases have been investigated and the applicant is shown ‘io be in need. In cases where the need to be dire and the necessity for immediate relief is apparent, or-/ ders for groceries may be issued, So urgent have the calls for re- lief become that W. W. Demeritt, | administrator, sent a telegram to- day asking that officials at Tal-! | lahassee appoint 100 investigators! to look into the needs of the more jthan 2,000 applicants for relief and make reports. With the limited number of case | workers, f1 in number, now do- | ing this work, it will be weeks be- | fore the food on hand is distribut-| ed, he points out. And the investigations authoriz- ed are so comprehensive and man- datory in their exactions that only a few cases can be investigated each day. Director of Work Arthur Shep-| }pard told The Citizen there was aj} large quantity of commodities on| hand today, possibly $20,000! worth and that cards are being is-| sued to applicants today for the distribution tomorrow. i Commodities in the store room| lat the lighthouse department bu- reau ready to be issued consist of Milk Wheat-0, flour, pork, canned beef and butter. Announcement} {ment of cheese on the way and is jexpected in a few d | °°, GEORGE PARK’S FUNERAL TODA | DECEASED DIED IN HOSPITAL AT MIAMI SUNDAY AFTERNOON grand } Webb a jents, Mr. * Park Mrs. and i Jr., } which | the | Bob and Phil. 195 4. PRICE FIVE CENTS Famous Sons Of F amous Fathers THE LA Fi ‘OLLE TTES: POLITICAL FIGHTERS | The spirit of the “Fighting La Follettes” has been transmitted from father to son in striking fashion. The late Senator Robert M. La Follette (center- pushed the progre: and his sons, Philip (left), former governor of Wisconsin, and Robert, Jr., e cause (right) vigorously, United States senator, are campaigning along the same line. ‘Fighting Bob” liked the way his boys took to politics but he didn’t try to force his ideas upon them. By ALVIN STEINKOPF Press) arch 13.— Two chips from the old — block support the vigorous La Follette; ! | political philosophy. The voice of “Fighting Bob,” which remains a tingling ory to veterans of Wisconsin poli- mem- is stilled, But, whereas Rob-, .With hin ert M. La Follette wa: often! alone expounding the progressive | cause, the state and nation now hear two voices, those of his sons, hammering away at the me theme. They see them walking jas they had been taught by their| father. | When Robert M. La Follette,! tears into ship subsidies inj United States senate, and} Philip F. La Follette, for-| of Wisconsin, de- mands that human rights pre-| 1 vail over property rights, observ-! ers: see a display the zeal with) the elder La Follette set state afire a generation ago,} In Father’s Confidence children, says Wisconsin friends of the La Follette f ws were more intimately associated} with their father than were young From childhoodi the when mer governor Bonus And St. Lawrence Treaty Issues Get Attention Of Senate (By WASHINGTON, March 13.—| i Senatorial predictions had a “for! contended and against administration” com-| plexion today with democratic! j leaders counting on battering the! St. house bonus bill, and the confi-| dent of their cause. The treaty! The comes to a vote tomorrow. bonus vote, no knows yet when. one Should either treaty be rati- 200,000,000 veter- accepted, there day’s worry was the Bankhead Un ess efforts to get ballo it by nightf: cceed, the ad- nists will make a str | Follette boys, father’s con- ! they were in their fidence. When he fought his ro: ing battles against the railroad and waged his relentless cam-} paigns to “entrenched interests’’| the boys, to the limit of their understanding, were informed of all the strategies, In later years they campaigned | and finally, between; them, succeeded to offices held—distriet attorney, governor and United States senator. The aptitude with which the boys took to polities was highly | ¢™ pleasing to “Fighting Bob.” He once spoke with pride of the man-! ner in which Phil held a huge} crowd in St. Paul when the old: campaigner himself was hours late. “They listened to him intentl and they tore the shingles off the roof,” he boasted. Took Part In Discussi At Maple Bluff, the La farm many a maneuver was planned, the — La their two sisters and Mrs, La Follette almost in-! variably participated in discus- After grave political lea where politi d expressed opinions on course of action the elder La Fol-! | Axsociated | phone and Telegraph chief, who} it meant “regime of; management of private \ publie | property. i it be known for the 1 had passed the }00 mark with $4,444,000,000, h March 10 100,000,000 | < than $1,000, The le that fe that ends July treasury e year 2,000,01 expen- ditures at were more ared with le WO the ame per la President Roosevelt sent te senate a number of promotions he in recasting the service r gener and Frank brigadie rook now WOULD HAVE COHEN TO HEAD COMMITTEE WASHINGTON, March nistration has anta publ with General Farley. chairman. became vacant b 4 he “president's Council. ing visitors, i sive ‘intricacies of the social hare | $22_Fleming Street lette frequently turned children and said: “What do you think about Bob and Phil?” Friends recall the the La Follette family. leaders of progres- here and abroad, guests. The conver- coffee explored the! struggle, The dinner over, there quently was a family catechism. | By question and answer the ae La Follette ascertanied children remembered of evening’s marshaling of ideas. Not Always In Agreement Although the family lived and grew most cohesively, the La Fol lettes were not always in agree. ment, and the father did not ex- pect the boys to believe that dad | always was right. Thus, in the world war tor La Follette fought. as as he could to keep Amer ca out of the conflict. But Phil marched off to an officers’ train ing camp. The old senator voted for hibition, but voted against Volstead act. Later his son public office, always were of state control. COLORED WOMEN AND MAN HELD | RELEASED BOND PENDING HEARING to the it, dinners of Interest- thought often were sation over what! the pro the , in on le LATER UNDER BEFORE PEACE JUSTICE Zola Braxton, Charles Pattersor were arre be Jaycock noon Chief Deputy and Peace Gomez. were ir and lions of Aguardiente a were captured at the « The sheriff car 7 and Fruits FRESH TOMORROW NIGHT Be on time! Bargain Prices! Truck arrives 7:00 o'clock Lee Baker’s Grocery Phone 695 fre-+ ‘Special Board To Investigate Flying Of Mail By Army Units “AQUARIUM UNIT |hindberh One Of Member: FROM CHICAGO | On Committee Selected | For Purpose By Secre- ARRIVES HERE, Fe Por | | |DR. M. V. MAYER AND AS-| | SOCIATES WILL MAKE coL.| LECTION OF SPECIMENS FOR SHIPMENT 13.— pi a special committee jof aeronautical authorities, Shedd| including Orville Wright, his a"| Charles Lindbergh and Clar- ia ence Chamberlain to investi- Secretary Dern today . M. V. Mayer, m in Ch and arrived erday t Coast in the : Nautilus. | irre mui This is one of tne regular trips| Zate the army carrying the; the air mail. jP for & tro; ction of the laquarium and it is ‘ected that ion than usual is to} “assembled on this ts {for efficient The water in cal tanks | right, beacon and radio controll um was taken in ta rs from Key West, the cars b | ing placed at the F. E. C. termina | docks and the pumping system of | “their training end experience in them. sociates jae yes of mens ; 1.» asked the committee to con- ‘ siaer expecially “such flying i mente as are deemed neces: and 4 navigation, tro; *| flights ar * landings” and in con- 1| Sideration of personnel to weigh ‘erass country flying, night flying, ! bling flying and in instrument fly- 1 tion | . s clean and! '"& n from the! employment of instruments refer- aeration ¢ kept jtem of jthe water | pure anderstanding and ure also; red to above.” water Key| Major Hugh Drem, deputy chief West and a smailer system aerators and purifiers keep it in| prime condition. Others of the who are in om of of staff, was named chairman, In the meanwhile, the army's \ hich command double checked all Sih De ae: fester ony pater ave z jing e word “go © its fliers, ane Mayer, are A. H. Stitles, Patrick | £00 order to ee ae aya Bini andsske Ht. mails was withheld aera Ayers, who are well known in ‘Key West. H | JEREMIAH ASHE WINS CONTEST FORMER KEY WEST RESI- DENT IS SON OF MR. AND Shedd forces, company DESTROYER GOES | TO HAVANA TODAY ; TWO OTHER GOVERNMENT SHIPS ARE AT THIS PCRT TODAY ' ! MRS. EUGENE ASHE | | Jeremiah W. Ashe, formerly of Key West, has for the second year in succession won the oratorical contest at the Christian Z Academy at Albany, New York Vicing with seven other stu ents at the academy, young A selected as his subject “The Insis- States ves-| tent Question” and thrilled y—De-' throng ¢ 50 listeners Coast} able manner in which he | the subject of his discourse. Mr. Ashe was winner of ° j freshman contest one year jane winning the sophomore conte nat ' this y nakes him the winner of the elimination contests conduct jed by James J. McGuinness, assis {tant district attorn oratory in+ iting’) structor at the Christian Brothers’ | Academy Jerr numb the son of Mr pra their he for 64 Forest Avenue After , the U land sailed thi vana with mail. other vessel Port au Prince South America, before for two McFar- | H She will contact at Guantanamo, and other points | return- in port day . Destroyer morning for in ing. Two other United cls are in the harbor toda tro Bainbridge and Guard Cutter Saukee. with the er handled th WHERE TO cece sacsesees nesncet ees Strand—"Keep “Search For Beavt T oMORROW “The Morning d Digg and to he of ¥ is well known ople in Key Woe and Mrs. Eu have been making everal Albany ‘Mother And Three Childres Burn To Death When Home Takes Fire FOUR INDITED | IN KWDNAPING dren (My Associated Press) INDIANAPOLIS, March Mrs. Edna Finch, and three of her four chil- to death here were burned ONE IS MRS. NELLIE MUENCH, | DRESS at their home a fire FASHIONABLE ‘today. SHOP PROPRIETOR j Mr i jdren Finch and three chil who died were sleeping n an upstairs room An 11-months-old and Mrs. Jennie C {ther of the 2 rescued. (ty Ler Associnted Presa) bab rey, dead woman, STRAND THEATER ter Huston-Fran-es I KEEP EM ROLLING ter Cr. Sbe-Ida Lup SEARCH FOR BEAUTY. | Matiese: Balcony, 18¢; Orches- tra, 15-20c; Night, 15-25<