The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 29, 1934, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service VOLUME LV. No. 76. The Key KEY WEST, FLORIDA, Insull Reaches Turkish Port After: Mediterranean Voyage Covering Twelve-Day Period Mystery Ship Puts In To CHANGES MADE Secure Provisions; Ves-! . IN SCHEDULE OF sel Will Continue On To FERA PROJECTS Rumania [PERTAINS TO REMUNERA-, TION OF EMPLOYES IN RE-) LATION TO BUDGETARY NEEDS (sy Associated Prens) ISTANBUL, March 29.— Samuel Insull, 74-year-old wanderer from the new world, arrived today at the gateway of the ancient east. His mystery ship, the Mai- otis, for twelve days a net tom in the waters of the Different instructions have been! i issued regarding the schedule for! remuneration of employes on | FERA projects in relation to their | } | Congressional investigation H “BRAIN TRUST” MATTER GIVEN HEARING TODAY CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGA- TION OF DR. PROVAL WIRT GIVEN AP- By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, March 29.— into William Wirt, | that allegations hy Dr. Indiana educator, the house rules committee. The proposal now has to be acted upon ‘by the house. Over protests of republican members, the democratic majority approved the resolution limiting investigation to Dr.’ Wirt’s state- ;ments and persons he names be- fore committee as those in the Mediterranean and Kose), cu sede: seas, nosed through a cold When the FERA first took over | morning mist around the | the activities of the CWA instruc- golden horn, and dropped tions were issued that should a anchor in the harbor here at} worker’s budgetary needs be less 6:30 a. m. But the dingy vessel, who once held sway over a great utilities system, and now wanted for} porer whose budgetary needs for; eriminal trial in Chicago, {the month are less than he can slept as the work of provi-| earn in two days, will be placed on | than he could earn in six days, he ruler of the} would be denied work and placed; jon the lists for direct relief. | These instructions have been, modified to read that a skilled la- were sioning the ship was hastily | “tect relief. The same rule ap-; | plies to the needs and earnings of, begun. jan unskilled worker for a period| There repeated | of three days. se | Another plan that may be used warnings that Insull would’. ‘th. discretion of the local ad-| be arrested if he landed ministrator is that of placing in Pree | escrow the earnings of a man ever | where and’ above his budgetary needs, The captain told the har-| For example: A skilled worker the | Pezisters his budgetary needs as’ bor authorities that | $10 weekly, which is $40 for four! Maiotis would immediately | weeks, He earns in that period) ‘$100, umania as soon; leave for R | He is paid $10 each week for' as provisioning of the ves-) the four weeks worked and is then 1 was completed. | laid off and paid from the sum ” Ls |of $60 held in escrow, $10 each ae. week for the ensuing six weeks.! MARTIN INSULL : | During this six weeks’ period he! WAS ARRAIGNED lis not prohibited from working for CHICAGO, March 2%.—Martin) others, but cannot work on the} Insull, member of the speiath FERA ar | PERMITS ISSUED ed before Chief Justice Philip, Finnegan of criminal court charges of embezzling $364,000, from the utilities companies he | once ruled, During tne rast week four per-! Bond was arranged after he de-' mits for building and repairs were ferred pleading to charge. jissued from the office of Harry! The case was then assigned to|M- Baker, building inspector, as; | follows: | Judge James Fardy to whose} Repairs to floors at 1110 Eat-| courtroom the erstwhile multi-' on street. Owner, W. H. Gibson;| millionaire was taken for a sec-| cost, $125. { ond arraignment, | Repairs in general to residence Jat 509 South street; Owner, Mrs, YACHT PELICAN jA Pastorini; cost, $175. | SAILS FOR CUBA Repairs to roof at 525 Mar- fgaret street. Owner, W. T. Arch-| er; cost, $35. { REPRESENTATIVES OF PAN-| AMERICAN AIRWAYS AND PARTY ON BOARD on| | li Repairs to floors at 1213 White street. Owner, C. D. Harrington; /} }eost, $40. ‘STERLING HOOKS THREE TARPON dock } | | | i G. Grant Mason, Jr., foreign! representative of the Pan-Ameri-| Fishing from the Porter can Airways, and party of friends, | yesterday afternono arrived in port this week from Mi-/ Sterling, young son of Mr. and ami on Mr. Mason's Yacht Peli- Mrs, Euric Sterling, hooked three tarpon. ~ Young Sterling was too inex. They were enroute-to Havana/ perienced to handle the gamey but due to heavy winds, postpon-/ silver kings as an expert could, ed their departure until — better| and lost them all. He got a weather conditions prevailed, and! thrill, however, when the fish left Tuesday night for the Cuban} leaped high in the air after being capital. hooked, Others on the Pelican were R.| While Dumont was fighting the 1. Dunton, chief of the Caribbean | tarpon his father hooked and land- Division Pan-American Airways;/ed a jewfish weighing 200 pounds, Paul Mendoza, prominent in the; One of the largest taken at the banking world of Cuba, and Mrs.'dock this season. A, J. Miller, Esthonian aviatrix. — MUST ATTEND S. S. | ROCHESTER, Ind.—As pun- ishment for breaking into the home of a neighboring farmer |four times within a year, Robert { Batz, 18, of this city, hi been [sentenced to go to Sunday School every week for a year. Starts Saturday— “GALLANT LADY” Starring Ann Harding, Clive Brook, Otto Kruger and Dickie Moore ALACE — of course Dumont” ‘ernoon 4 o'clock from ‘tion of Pritchard’s Funera! j revolutionary group. Representative Byrns, demo- j cratic leader, predicted the house ;would adopt the resolution with- “brain jtrusters” were seeking to cause a_ ;revolution, was approved today by. jout difficulty, probably today or ' tomorrow. LIMITATION IN TARIFF AGREEMENT WASHINGTON, March 29.— Democratic members of the hou: Ways and means committee cided today to insert a three imitation into the tion’s reciprocal tariff agreement bill. This limitation would apply tol ‘all treaties accepted under terms of the measure as well to author- |ity granted the president to raise or lower tariffs for purpose reciprocal agreements. ) SENATE PASSES COTTON BILL WASHINGTON, March 29.— The senate today passed the Bank- head compulsory cotton -year | ade de- | administra. | i of ; secretary, | toda y lost the final round in their!many fine specimens during their | I Yacht Be | | | | | (by MIAMI, March 29.—President | tlement Point in the warm waters, lof the Gulf Stream to begin his | vacation with some fishing } swimming. Settlement Point, known as West End on the Great Bahama Island, is 85 miles north-| east of Miami. Vincent Astor, owner of the Yacht Nourmahal that is aring Roosevelt Drops | Anchor In Bahama Waters Today | Roosevelt anchored today off Set- INTO ALLEGATIONS: | and) commonly carry-' est Citen THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 1934. |ROTARIANS NAME OFFICERS DURING | TODAY’S SESSION |TWO SCHOOL BOYS IN AT- TENDANCE IN INTEREST OF PROTECTING BIRDS AND PLANT LIFE Associated Press) ing the president, sent the an ing message today to Marvin Mc-| 'Intyre, presidential secretary: “Had fine night. ed off Sandy Cay, northwest of; | | | | Now anchor-} {Settlement Point. President ex- The Rotary Club at its regular} held an election} pects to spend day fishing and luncheon today, of officers with the following re- sults: Bill Bates, treasurer; Joe Val- ides, secretary; J. C. Gekeler, C. E. There was no reaction Smith, Bill Warren, Bill Demer- itt, board of directors. having swim.” This was the only word from jto congressional overriding of the the yacht. e Strunk, who was previously veto on the veterans’ pay bill. { ‘elected president, will take office ‘Various Members Reel Fraternity Enjoy Fishing BISHOP CANNON AND SECRETARY WILL FACE TRIAL LOSE OUT IN EFFORT TO AVOID ARRAIGNMENT ON CONSPIRACY CHARGES TO VIOLATE ACT (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, March Bishop James Cannon, Jr., and his Miss Ada Burroughs, 29.— ‘effort to avoid trial upon federal; charges of conspiracy. to violate ‘the corruzt practices act. control ; Dis Justice Peyton Gordon, of the ct of Columbia supreme bill, and returned it to the house; court, overruled the defense’s de- pee action on amendments, STORM BREWING IN WEST TODAY MAY SPREAD AND AFFECT THAT SEC- TION BY FRIDAY NIGHT Axxeciated Press) Most of the country had aga warmer weather today, but a the: new storm was brewing in west. | | 1 t SOUTHWARD jy, ; fair! | i Snow still was a part of the pic-| ture from Idaho, éast to Minne-, There was a change to warmer in the central valley and south but it still was cold along the At- lantic coast. a The western storm may spread southward and affect that section | Friday night or Saturday morn- ‘BALDWIN FUNERAL THIS AFTERNOON Pallbearers selected to serve at the funeral services of Miss So- iwin are Henry B. Hask- ymond Johnson, Wilbur Johnson, John Sawyer, John Hyatt and P. L. Weatherford. Services are being held this aft- the resi- dence, corner Eaton and streets. Rev. Arthur B. Dimmick, of St. Paul’s Episcopal church, of- ficiating. Arrangements are under direc- HOLIDAY NOTICE March 30, 1934, Good Friday, a legal holiday in the State of Florida, this bank will not be open for business, jTHE FIRST NATIONAL BANK. mar? Friday, iceived by Tax murrer to the indictment against them, thus clearing the way for the trial of the case April 9. Defense counsel previously an- nounced that they would not ap-} peal if Justice Gordon overruled ithe demurrer. Char; accuse them of failure © report campaign contributions 928 when the bishop campaign- ed against Alfred Smith, TAX BOOKS WILL CLOSE APRIL 1 NO ORDERS TO CONTRARY, HAVE BEEN RECEIVED BY COLLECTOR LADD No instructions have been re- Collector Frank H. Ladd changing those received} some time ago relative to closing | the county's tax books April 1. Mr, Ladd said today that he! felt confident none would be re-; \ceived as the letter from the gov-| L Home. |. ernor was very clear and specific-| ally instructed the collector to! close the books on the date shown. | In view of the fact that the in. | structions were to “rigidly here” to, the the books will be closed on the! date specified. Delinquent tax! list will be advertised during the month of May and the property sold in front of the county court house on the first rule day the following month, June 4. ad- WHERE To Go Seemeccsccossecsoseesess TONIGHT hool Gym—Box The Racing S$ “Lost Patrol Duval * TOMORROW Palace—“The Racing Strain. o Am Suzanne | BIG EASTER MATINEE— | DANCE i Given by Kappa Pi Y's ATHLETIC CLUB Sunday from 3 till 7 o'clock Howard Wilson's Band | ; | } } LADIES FREE GENTS 40c! i | | schedule set forth | {within a short time. Sebastian ;Cabrera, Jr., now president, pre- ‘sided at the meeting today. Two school boys, Jack Lopez ‘and U. Gwynn, were in attendance at the meeting today in the in-! ‘terest of protecting bird and iplant life in Key West. These} boys, it is stated, will report all, violations along these lines to the} jauthorities, Trapping of birds and) and has destroying plants are the main | things to be given attention. H. A. Patridge, representing son,'the state plant board, was pres: jent at the meeting today. There were a few other matters jcoming before the session today, which were of a minor nature, with. discussipns held over things jin general, with much _ interest manifested during the course of who is a student! the session. Of Rod And ! | Charles V. Case of Rochester, | LINX ta gn Key West been here for the past 10 days fishing. With him his Charles V. Case, Jr. both at the Hotel Colonial. They are { Mr. Case, senior, came in over! the highway and was later join- jed by his son, yat Cambridge, England, and came; = ———— i ‘U.S. DESTROYER from Europe last week to join his! j father in Key West and spend his | anglers j catching | vacation. They are both ardent jand have succeeded in BAINBRIDGE IS GOING TO CHARLESTON; TO BE AWAY ABOUT TEN DAYS stay. «Another annual visitor to Key West is George L. Kingsland, who comes on his regular trips in | his own boat and spends most of | Gk his time on the water. United States Destroy Out yesterday, he made an ex-| bridge is to sail this eve cellent catch but as this is the | Charles on for interim docking. usual result of his angling trips| The vessel will be absent from! land as he is well acquainted with | the base at Key West for about 10 the prodyctivity of Key West wa-) ays. ters, he was not very elated. | Destroygr Goff is to sail _to- George Behm, of New York, is|™0rrow for regular patrol duty, another member of the rod and/in the waters near Cuba, relieving, jreel fraternity who has been |the Jacob Jones, which is due in} | meeting with great success, Mr.|Port Saturday. Bchin: baile drow: ‘Teo, Destroyer McFarland, which! Yesterday afternoon he brought "left several days ago, is to carry! jin the largest catch taken by any! three artists to Cuba where they; j single individual this season. His| Will make sketches at Santiago. | take consisted of amberjack, king-| 0” their return to the states | fish and grouper, also a number | the artists will use the sketches lof scavalle. ;from which to paint murals in a Mr. Behm is planning to leave | building of the Naval Academy a | | | tomorrow and be gone for three | Annapolis, Md. days. His aim is to get tarpon} jand has decided to remain until | ‘VETERAN RAI RAILWAY the gets one that will be of a size | and beauty to repay him for | severance since arriving. ATTEMPT MADE 10 CAPTAIN KIDD OF PULLMAN | COMPANY HAS 39 ROB FOOD STUFFS YEARS’ SERVICE CUSTODIAN’S ATTENTION! DRAWN BY RATTLING OF BLINDS AT BUILDING Captain E. E. Kidd, for | years an employe of the Pullman; | Car Company, was a visitor in |Key West this week on his regula trip to Florida. | The captain was for 12 years in charge of thg Pullman section of the Broadway Limited and for 22 years in charge of the Pennsyl- vania Limited. He recently received a letter of commendation from L. S. Hunger- ford, vice president and general manager of the company, which is prized highly by the captain who will be 73 years old in September. THIEVES ENTER KNIGHT’S CAFE Thieves entered the cafe of Joe Knight at the corner of Grinnell and Caroline streets about 3:45 o’clock this morning. Captain of Police Everett Rivas has been furnished a good de- scription of the car used by the thieves, three in number, and be- lieves be will soon have them un- der arrest. Mr. Knight says his lomes are about one dozen bottles of beer. ir About 12 o'clock last night an attempt to enter the storeroom where commodities for relief of FERA clients are kept was frus- jtrated by the custodian, } His attention was attracted, he jtold The Citizen, by the rattling of the blinds and a few moments later the marauder started to en- iter. He was challenged by the custo- dian but turned and ran as soon a realized he had been discov- Though jlater searched Rot discovered, police officers the place he was ‘FLORIDA BRINGS 82 PASSENGERS. Havana Florida, compar brought 82 pasengers, of whom 26 were aliens. The ship saile {Tampa with 16 a Returning from terday the Steamshi t Ss. yes- of lock for freight ; 6:30 o'¢ ssengers, some cigars, 1 bagrage. These officers, along with Ed- | LEAVES TONIGHT | it { 39, several cartons of cigarettes and, KEY U. S$. Council IVE ATTENTION TO NEW PROJECTS | NOW PLANNED STANDING IN NEW PRO.! GRAM Engineering forces of the F’ ERA| in Key West are now centering} itheir thoughts on three n.v pro-} {jects proposed for this county and | city. One of these is the Community House and Civic Center which it} is proposed to erect if and when! the project is approved by Florida | officials and those in Washington. This building will be for the! white population and plans are} now being made for a like type of} building for the colored popula-} jtion, Another project, which it hoped will be given approval of | officials, is the airport on Stock} Island. A great deal of work has} been done clearing the site and it} lis confidently expected the build-| ings and all accessories will be au-! | thorized, These matters will be taken up} upon the arrival of W. M. Green, | regional director, and Seth Pe~ kins, regional eng*:eer, who a: experted to arrive this week. Advices received by W. W. De-| ; merit, local administrator, indi- jeated they would have been here; before this, but it is understood). “hat State Director Stone has been in Miami and his being there is believed to be tue cause of the \delay o farrival of Mr. Green and | Mr. Perkins. ' | \ DIES i ST NIGHT, BODY WILL BE SHIPPED il SPRINGHILL, ALABAMA, FOR iNTERMENT * }_ Rev. Father William Power, 'J., 81 years old, died at 1 ¢lock last night in the rectory of: St. Mary's Star of ine Sea chureh, | after a brie7 illness. The body will be placed in the {church at 5 o'clock this afte jnoon, The mass will be celebrate: {tomorrow morning. In the ait-| jtrnoon prayers will be said and es body taken to the Florida East Coast Terminals and sent by the {Lopez Funeral Home, to Spring- {hill, Ala, | Interment will be in the ceme- jtery where for the past 102 years his fellow workers in the churet: j have been laid. Here he will await the last reveille of the Mas- ter, whom he so faithfully » Rev. Power was for 61 years a Jesuit. During the World War he iwas an Assistant General of the torder which constituted of | hundred: of whom were i ) of as some |the trenches, some in the medica. corps, others in research labora- tories and many in clar~ rooms. After the war he was - | Assistant Visiting Gener ‘yium, Ireland, Canada and tralia. For years he high office of Superior of Je territory extending Washington to Mexico. Under his regime of authority,’ Jesuits took over the parish of 'Key West during th: Spanish American War and Father Friend was appointed as pa the church. A great scholar, successfully passed tions in Physico-theoiog board of seven sppei him and test the extracrd 3 ability in this branch of advanced learning. He was master French, Germ Italian, . Latin and Greek, and was far. lis with a number of dialects of I land, Belgium and Poland. During his | he ever expres_- ed his deep affection for Key West, and chose this cit to spend full and wonderful life. from Father Power the examina- facing a of Er he tant {a richly | | Rehabilitation jtation to be financed | ministrator, ‘a project | thoritatively jtuents part in | what | bat t cases A. B.I, it WEST, 8 a. m. Warmest City in United States FaiCE FIVE CENTS Mentions : Program 0: Repair Work With Financieg By Banks lucluded; But Small Portion Of Government Funds To Be Used (iy Axsoctnted Press) WASHINGTON, March } 29. — President Roosevelt's ;emergency council is consid- cring the possibility of ambitious national program of repair work and rehabili- an by banks and private sources. Hugh Johnson, NRA ad- has been men- tioned as a possible head for the scheme which would in- volve the setting up of a administrative unit. new Plans for the orgtnization were said to still be nebulous, but a number of prominent figures in the Roosevelt ad- ministration are urging such of the which it business because large turnover would involve in and finance. No ; would be possibly a small amount for ' setting up an administration. In effect, it wa said au- the the to support guide private repairs and re- habilitation. government - funds involved except govern- project would be and MAKE SURVEY OF HEALTH MATTERS TUBERCULOSIS DEATH RATE 1S CUT TC ONE THIRD SINCE YEAR 1900 In a survey conducted by the American Public Health Associa ion, it is shown that te tuberca- losis death rate in the United tates has been cut to one third it was in 1900, Due to the efforts of this ciation, and its many loeal un i interest has been dev ed to a great extent in fighting the dreade? and wide spread ma- AsKO> sblic ved. :) ith officials bodies, enough money has been obtained to greatly increase the for the treatment of the shown, but even at th iperts state that reulosis adequately, be # much larger force en with additional a ry rectio further pros facilities d i ex in order to com there n of ‘ ard *\care and treatmer afflicted istics show now be become are a great degree of by the cause of the ailm ily arrested, and with pro pra atiefact ROBBED IN COURTHOUSE PROVIDENCE, T. 1 Ande was robbed conti ing %9 while Mrs f } c er har * the courthouse in this city. 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