The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 14, 1934, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service VOLUME LV. No. 63. Roosevelt Adopts New Policy Bearing On In Decision As To Criminal In- tent Or Not Will Be Left In Hands Of Grand Jur- ies (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, March 14. — President Roosevelt has determined upon a pol- icy that in all federal income tax cases the decision as to whether criminal intent is in- volved'shall be left to grand juries. This policy was made known to- day at the White House press con-} ference together with word that} several hundred income tax pros- ecutions are pending. H Likewise it was made clear that} ‘fall taxpayers involved are going to! be treated on the same basis whe- ther the amount is small or large. Because of the problem of de-| come Tax Cases GOVERNOR SHOLTZ CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF STATE TO BE ACCOMPANIED BY TWO OTHER MASONIC OF- FICERS COMING FOR VISIT Key West will have three dis-' tinguished visitors Friday of this week, John H. Cowles, Sovereign Grand Commander Supreme Council A and A, S, R. Masonry, | | Southern Jurisdiction; James! Donn; Deputy Supreme Couheil | Southern Florida; Governor Dave Sholtz, member of the Scottish’ Rite bodies of Key West. This visit will be the first of! Mr. Cowles to the lodge in about five years, although he has been through Key West on official trips to Cuba and South American countries on several occasions. They are expected to arrive termining the motive behind fail- mre to pay adequate tax, the presi- dent believes this should be decid-; ed by grand juries instead of aj single government official. i WOMAN TAKEN ILL ABOARD SHIP WAS BROUGHT 10 CITY “JUG PETREL GOES OUT FoR: ™"PORPOSE; WRTVENY dae ED IN HOSPITAL IMMEDI. | ATELY AFTER COMING IN | Mrs. Eugene Hunt, a passenger} on the American S. S. Margaret Lykes, was taken suddenly ill on, the vessel and yesterday tansfer- red to the Porter Dock company’s Tug Petre), The Porter company was advis-| ‘ed by wireless that Mrs. Hunt was! @ passenger bound from Houston,; Texas, to Puerto Rico and was in| need of medical attention, A re-| quest was made to have her r moved from the ship while at sea and placed in a hospital here te treatment. Manager Charles Taylor sent the Petre} out in command of Captain Clarence Thompson. Con-} tact was made with the Margaret Lykes, and, though a rough sea was prevailing at the time, the passenger was quickly transferred. | She arrived on shore safely, ac- companied by Mrs. Davis, was placed in a local hospital and is} showing such improvement as to indieate she will be able to travel| in a few days. | For the past 15 years in all kinds of weather, this service has} been admirably performed by the Porter Dock company, using the! Tug Petrel, which is thoroughly} equipped as a sea ambulance. Dur.) ing that time not one pas senger| was put to any inconvenience, other than that incurred by thel transfer from the larger to the} smaller vessel, it is shown. In addition to landing the Po:- ter company looks after every r quirement of the patient until suf- ficiently recovered to travel, and, in the case of seamen, nishes transportation, when required, to} whatever port he is destined. { j cellent in e' Due To An Accident——- Our truck will not arrive until THURSDAY NIGHT Below are a few of our fruit and vegetable prices: Grapefruit, 2 large ones, __ Sc Oranges, each . le Large Lettuce, 9c, or 3 for 25¢ Red Skinned New Potatoes, 10 pounds Cabbage, 3 Ibs. - Celery, stalk String Beans, 2 Ibs. Green Limas,”t i Yellow Squash, 2 Ibs. -... 150 Tift’s Cash Grocery 2117 Division Phone 675 | Key West over the highway Friday evening | and immediately after arrival will be guests at a supper given j by members of Fern Chapter 21,! | Order Eastern Star in the Scot-! tish Rite hall, Eaton and Simon- | ton streets, The supper hour has been set at 7 o’clock. | It is expected that all Scottish | Rite Masons in Key West will be | present at the supper to receive | the visitors. Not only local 1 | bers of the bodies but all visiting | members are extended invitations. DAMAGED YACHT UNDER REPAIRS NOW OFF WAYS. EXTENSIVE WORK CARRIED ON IN REPAIRING VESSEL WHICH WAS DAMAGED NEAR TURTLE HARBOR After undergoing extensive re-; pairs to the keel and hull the} three-masted Schooner Yacht Sa- chem slid from the ways of the marine railway this morning and is ready to sail. She went to the terminal piers of the F. E. C. Railway company }and is awaiting orders before put- ting to sea again. The Sachem went aground dur- ing heavy weather in the early part of February near Turtle Har- bor and within a short time her hull was badly battered and a por tion of the keel was torn awa It is understood the ship eocia have been placed on ways up the east coast, but where there wa: sufficient water, the ways were not strong enough to bear the ves- sel’s weight, and at w: that were strong enough, there was not suf- ficient water. Arriving in Key West February 1415, the ship was hauled out. Feb- ruary 17, and the work of repair- ing started at once, There was but | little delay even though much of the oak lumber used had to be brought from New York. A representative of the under- writers who is in Key West look- | ing after the ship and repairs, told The Citizen that the carpenter work, which was in the nands of Oscar Arenberg, “Berry,” particular. TAMPA WILL LOSE U.S. PRISONERS °° (My Associated Press) WASHINGTON, March 14.— The justice department yesterday | ordered all federal prisoners re- moved from Hillsborough county jail at Tampa. The bureau of prisons took this action on the basis of reports of “gross mismanagement and un- due privileges being allowed to prisoners.” | ‘The federal marshal has been ters, TO ARRIVE HERE | FRIDAY EVENING’ j instructed to remove the prison-/ KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 1934. e ' By ROBBIN COONS (By Associated Press) HOLLYWOOD, March 14.— More than 15 years ago a charm- | ing actress approached her friend, Douglas Fairbanks, and mention-} ed that she had been thinking of | letting her small son do picture ' Stack stormed, raged, orat- j ed. \ | “No child of mine will ever go | into pictures!” he concluded. The actress was left with no | doubt that Douglas Fairbank: then approaching the days of h ; Sreatest fame as a film star, em- | phatically opposed employment of | children in pictures. The incident terminated that friendship. About the same time a | slender, dreamy adolescent lived with his mother in the quarter of Paris was study’ j hard to become an actor. He stnd- | fied art also, but acting had be- come his hurning ambition. studied it alone, in his room, en- j acting plays by himself. He was Douglas Fairbanks. Soon, in England, the bankses, father and son, will make |a film together. Fairbanks. Sr. lone ago gave his anproval | Fairbanks, pale, who; Js acting urve, Ovrosition From Father Whether voune Done would! have heen an actor regardless af | his heritaee is problematical. He, *|eortainly had no encourarement | i from his father. Anv influence | | that the athletic film ctar had in| the matter was in the nature of { stern onnosition, | There had never heen anv close | father-son relationshin between ithe two. After Fairbanks and| ) Beth Sully. vanne Dong’s mother. j j were divoreed, the boy went to{ Paris with her to study art. They | spent a year in France, returned | | to. Hollywood;<then “went abroad} again. { Doug, Jr.. looking back on oa] time, has admitted that he felt aj} certain strain in his relations| with his father. They were friend-} j ly. but not close. In character and personality they were treme opposites. The father w: | athletic, positive. action-loving. | ! The son was a dreamer, esthetic. | | poetically inclined, certainly not! athletic. They had little in com-| | mon besides their names. Father's Fame Helped In 1922 Doug, Jr., made his| first film. Paid $2.000 a week for | t, he was despondent when he! ; learned that this huge salary came j | only because of his father’s 3 | jname. Doug, Sr., was silent—1 except that through his attorney | Vhe let his disapproval be known. | Doug, Jr., abandoned films for the time. | _Two ye later they met | longer ian acting career for young Doug. Young Doug Fairbanks (left) Paris. nance Doug, Jr., if he would forsake acting per-| manently. The boy refused and they parted with words. Shortly the star called him back, publicly} , and said he would no withhold his approval of apologi returned to 0 a week. And young Doug pictures, this time at stood by id let hi » his own way in th Once, when the be’ seemed headed for the Fairbanks stepped in and helped “straighten him out.” To- day Doug, Jr, is a star in his own right—and Doug, Sr., ap- plauds, Based On Friendship career rocks, Now, er together th They sailed to last spring. before. together ever rope perhaps, the two are clos- | Their matrimonial dif-' usual “father and son Famous Sons Of F amous Fathers THE FAIRBANKSES: SCREEN STARS | youth charged with murder | today awaiting the arrival from | best dressed woman.” | is the wife of Paul Dubonnet, mil- | turer, packed up to come here im- and his famous father have a | strong bond of friendship, but it wasn’t always thus. Young Doug became an actor over the opposition of Doug, Sr. ; about to make a picture together. Now they’re | | Doug, Sr., offered to fi-pficulties were’ climaxed about the } in an art course! same time, Doug, Jr., growing up, | had acquired at least a normal! interest in sports, while retaining | his f ent interest in intellectual | pursui Still a “mental snob” —as he once termed himself—he had broadened his outlook and be- come more the “mixer.” But it is as friends rather than as father and son that their | relationsHip is strongest, it would! appear. Once Doug, Jr., was comment on his fathi tion from Mary Pickfor “What my father doe: swered, “is none of my Minding your own business is the of true friendship, I think, unless you're asked otherwise. My father never discussed the sparation with me.” Theirs is Hollywood's most un- ”” story. | ed to separa- he an- business. basis has MOVE MADE FOR “Rescued Sailors From Capsized: NON-PUBLICATION | DELINQUENT TAX: STATE CABINET TAKES AC- TION DEALING WITH RE- ; STORED PROPERTIES COM. ING UNDER FUTCH ACT (ny Associated Presa TALLAHASSEE, March 14.— At the suggestion of newspapers which would have begefited op it, the state cabinet today moved toward non-publication of delin- quent tax lists on property re- Was €X-} Japanese Ship (Bs SASEBO, Japan, March 14.—Thirteen were snatched sailors who death today described the hours of ghastly suffering they withstood after the Ja- panese Torpedo Boat Tomo- zara capsized with 113 aboard. Imprisoned | stored to assessment rolls by the *! | Futch Act. The newspapers said such “pub- lication estimated to cost $500,- would be “wasteful and ex- travagant,” and said they want- ed none of it principally because it would mean an additional bur- den on taxpayers. ROSES AND FLORAL PIECES PHONE 597 Soath Florida Nursery eee t i from a slow Describe Scenes : Associated Press) ed upside-down craft, the men were near death when saved. Hope for finding any of the re- maining 100 alive passed as the day br over the macabre si to eping relati x b d carried mo. e f the vessel turn f » of men in our mpar ed hands, pre- pare houting banza emperor and the imperial navy,” one of the rescued Efforts To Ratify St. Lawrence Waterway Treaty Shows Failure By March = 14.— WASHINGTON, Admi: istration efforts for ra’ cation of the St. Lawrence water- way treaty with Canada failed miserably today on a 46 to 42 sen- ate vote. This meant but a majority of four in favor of the pact instead Asnociated Press) of a two-thirds majority required to get it across. With many house standi against the tion on the vete . 22 senate democrats oppes- ed the president on the treaty. ! Dock compan: | the captain, and after KEY WEST & a. m. Warmest City in United States PRICE FIVE CENTS United States Gunboat Fulton Takes Fire In Chinese Waters Son Of Former Te - “World’s Best Dressed Woman,” Held For Murder On High Seas (By Associa NEW YORK, March 14.—A on the high seas sat in a federal cell mother, former Jean Nash, once hailed as the ‘world’ The former Miss Nash, whose} five marriages gained her inter- national attention, and who now) } i lionaire French wine manufac- mediatly. SHIP - ENCOUNTERS | BAD WEATHER AND _ COMES INTO PORT: | DECK LOAD OF LUMBER wiL! BE REMOVED; VESSEL | | BERTHS AT PORTER DOCK| COMPANY’S PIER | The Steamship Frieda, bound} from Los Angeles to New York, assived in port last night and this morning berthed at the Porter pier. The vessel} has a 15 degree list to starboard. ! While in the Caribbean Sea, bad! weather was encountered, id ng buf-; feted by the waves for some hours developed a leak in the starboard compartments, As soon as the list developed, it was conisdered entirely too dan- gerous to continue the the captain decided to Key West. The ship has a cargo of 2 000 feet of spruce lumber, which 667,000 feet constit the deck load. To make the nee- essary repairs the entire deck load will, in all probabiiity, have to be removed, This work will be started tomor row, it was said by Manager Charles Taylor, of the Porter Dock company, after the arri A. Findlay, representing the Unie : States Salv Corporatic who is due on the Havana In the opinion of Mr. 1 there will be work for no! than 100 able bodied men, Possibly more. ve. PERMANENT LABOR BOARD REQUESTED RECOMMENDATION MADE TO COMMITTEE BY SECRE. TARY PERKINS (By Axsociated Presa) ASHINGTON, March Creation of a per board was recom senate labor commi Secretary Perkins ax portant step forward agement of com practice of democracy The labor secretary ad to the plea of Senator wie New York democrat, for en actment of a bill to create a manent labor board. h er im ARRIVING TONIGHT ‘Fresh Fruits and Vegetables fi Truck arrives 7:00 o'clock Be on time! Bargain Prices! Lee Baker’s Grocery 822 Flem Street Phone 695 | of stabbing a fellow passenger, | ‘sj aboard the Liner President Gar-, ' Administration COLORED YOUTH ‘One Hundred And Eight Survivors Are Picked Up; All Lifeboats Not Accounted For an Nash, Once } | H | | | 4 | (By Associated Press) HONGKONG, March 14. —The crew of the burning ee eae ‘United States Gunboat Ful- a {ton abandoned the ship 10 o’clock tonight in Bias of Seattle,} Bay, 50 miles north of here. One hundred and eight survivors were picked up, ted Press) A noted lawyer has been en-! | gaged to defend the youth, An-! at William Sessoms, field, February 10. An argument over religion led and rescue vessels continued to the stabbing, federal officials | a search for theothers. The British Destroyer Death by hanging or life im-! | Wishart took aboard 60 of ree the Fulcon’s crew, and a | Chinese ship picked up 48. All of the Fulton’s | life- however, had not | been accounted for. | The Wishart carried | search for other boats | siderably hampered by a | pea-soup fog. say. prisonment is the penalty murder committed at sea. The trial begins March 20. | eee 7 the TO NAME BOARD ON SHIP CANAL ‘IN THIS STATE _On patrol duty against ROOSEVELT TO NAME UNIT! q message at 8:21 tonight OF ENGINEERS TO stupy| saying she was on fire, and COST OF PROJECT UNDER| the crew was. preparing to CONSIDERATION abandon ship. The Florida Serato) delega PAYS VISIT T0 GOLDEN EAGLES the Pre Roosevelt would name an engineers FRED W. ANTON, SUPREME MASTER OF RECORDS, AD- DRESSES LODGE LAST NIGHT; ALSO MONDAY con- ion, after a call at House, said today inde-| pendent board of to} study cost of the proposed trans-, Florida ship canal, The group asked the appoint- ment of such a board, pointine out that army engineers place the cost of such a propect at $200.- 000,000 while the Public Works figured $115,-)_ Fred W. Supreme Mas lter of Records, Knights of The Golden Eagle, paid his official j visit last night to Key of The Gulf {and Agramonte Castles at the hall on Petronia stree ON TRIAL TODAY sal when this official ar- ri and is entertained by the lo- eal bodies there is never a dull moment, and his official addre always eagerly heard by a high appreciative and attentive au Anton, 000,000. As isu GEORGE WILKERSON RAIGNED STATU. TORY CHARGE AR- ly dience. The sa © spirit of appreciation and happine shown or Monday night when he addressed j the Florida and Latina 1 Ladies of The the same meeting On both occasions the spoke on the advancement of lodyres during the last decade an that ing good m ly to the teach an al was é Ge 1 ntages ng color. vantage are 4. Th meant tria] in e order ion of the meet- ht, conclu and last n itn we Anton expect to West thi after t Coast in Philac « invest the G. and Mra Key over the r hom enrout e his, Pa. Frank Lewin. and E. del COUNTY BOARD MEETS TONIGHT TONIGHT he Morning After fleepers East” and Em Rolling.” Palace Strand—* Keep 'E TOMORROW Palace-—“The Morning After." Strand “Mawacre” and epers’ East.” "STRAND THEATER | © | Wynne Gibson-Preston Foster SLEEPERS EAST Walter Huston-Frances Dee KEEP ‘EM ROLLING Matinee: Balcony, 10¢; Orches- tra, 15-20; Night, 15-25< f de- other rou- the seh