The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 24, 1934, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service. For 54 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LV. No. 98. Arabs Given Death Sentence For Murder College Student Ray Fisher And His Com- IRECISTRATION panion Were Slain o AND POLL TAX Voyage Started Around —— VERY LITTLE (By Associated Press) BAGDAD, Iragq., April 24. —Four Arabs today were sentenced to death for the; murder of Ray Fisher, 23, University of Cincinnati JOHN ENGLAND AND TAX COLLECTOR FRANK LADD While there is some increase in! PAYMENT SLOW INCREASE | SHOWN AT OFFICES OF chronicling but one tide, high tide | Hollywood divorce. jat 4:30 p. m., February 22. |brief explanation was written at|matter for a long DIVISION CHIEF WRITES HASKINS ON TIDE MATTER: REPLY RECEIVED DEALS WITH LETTER FORWARDED RELATIVE TO ODDITY OF! WATER RISE IN HARBOR In the issue of The Citizen ot| March 23 a story was published | Al the time giving a few general reasons for this phenomenon. The article stated j also that, graduate, and son of Charles|registrations at the office of the| these conditions could be, and are, supervisor of registration, John | . Fisher of Hialeah; Florida. 1 Young Fisher and his com-; England, there has not been an in-| nm, Rudolph May, newspaper-| crease sufficient to arouse , Germany, were/ enthusiasm on the part of shot and killed by Arabs” 100/ supervisor. miles south of Bagdad March 5. ia 2 At the time th were on @ trip Ss 8 Fens ont, one cannot vote without being properly reg- around the world. istered, of course, but even if reg- predicted many months in vance with astounding accuracy. Since that time many questions! any|have been asked relative to the the|Whys and wherefores of this un-! usual astronomic event and paper: have been purchased by skeptics} who are saving them for reference | or other reasons, The information published in! | Through wooded wilds ein Che Kep West Citsen KEY WEST. FLORIDA, TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 1934. Gloria Swanson, Enchanting Movie Actress, Encounters: Rough Sailing During Fourth, Matrimonial Venture (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, April 24.—Gloria,ed our marriage was a mistake.” Swanson and her fourth husband,| Farmer, Irish sportsman | Michael Farmer, have reached the | broker, and Miss Swanson were Parting of ways, and the glam-| married in 1931. They have one child, orous movie actress plans an early! Bridget. | Michael, born in London in 1932. “I have thought about the Miss Swanson said she would time, eek divorce on the grounds of in-| | Swanson said, “and I have decid-| compa ility and mental cruelty, “Dillinger, Though. Sill Eluding Pursuers, Seems Nearing Capture (By Associated Press) MERCER, Wis., April 24.— linger luck” still holding, but ) the feeling was strong among hun- {ters that the cop » bank rob- was of the and ‘CANDIDATES ARE SLOW TO ENTER POLITICAL RACE: | READERS OF THE CITIZEN AT. | Loss TO KNOW WHO A } TO BE GNES TO BE yrs CONSIDERATION | | What is the political situation This question is at today? this |time than at any time during the| asked more frequently past few weeks, | “Well, what is eader of The Ci it, asked zen this morn-| a jing a brief discussion on possibili- | ‘ties of this or that candidate com- |ing out for an office. “So far as I am concerned,” he (continued, “I know of three can-! didates, because I have read their announcements in your paper—! William V. Albury and rthur {Gomez for state senator, and J. 'F. Busto for county solicitor. “What I want to know is will there be any other candidate for either of these offices. If there “AQUARIUM WORK | being. PLATE GLASS FOR TANKS AL- lis of the finest quality and made Key West, Florida, has the most equable weather in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit. PRICE FIVE CENTS Ship With Insull On Board _Reaches Morocea Port Today |Newspapermen Were Not Permitted To Board Ves- sel At Request Of Cap. tain TO BE COMPLETED IN NEAR FUTURE: (My Associated Press) READY REceyeD: CASABLANCA, Morocco ERATIVES CONSTRUCTING! Apri] 24.—A heavy FORMS FOR TANKS oP, police jcordon was thrown about \the Steamer Exilona Now that the plate glass for the! she arrived here today tanks at the aquarium has beer; her prisoner wher anc passenger, 1 Insull, was not per- lieiee clea: mitted to go ashore. fronts for the tanks} Local newspapermen were {not permitted aboard the of received it is predicted that it will | ca mye} not be long before the work will The glass by a manufacturing plant in Ford City, Pennsylvania, from which a great deal is sent out for use by the lighthouse department. ship at the request | Exilona’s captain. the would like to; The plate are one inch in thick- | The ship will sail tonight They were trying to reach istered poll taxes must be paid India by way of Iraq. paddling a collapsible canoe. Fisher was; unless the registrant is exempt. A call at the office of Tax The Citizen anent the reasons for | north country, freshly white wit! is going to be I s oddity were given by H. B. pone the j ber, highwayman and ah fugitive jlearn as when I pledge myself to | ness and so cléar apd flawless ae each | former uti to returning snow, an army of determined men | iw, ands and} 14 sections placed in front of very close to his last s ja candidate I don’t change, killed instantly. May told authorities before he} Collector Frank Ladd. and died that Arabs approached them| question relative to poll taxes was very discouraging. So few are as they were tying up their canoe being paid as to make collections asking for matches. The Arabs fired without warn-| from this source practically neg- ligible. ing. Fisher’s body was found in People of Key West, said an} an improvised grave here, Investigation, arrests © and to-! employe, seem to be paying little | ir no attention to the, election. day’s convictions follo: oa ES | Once in a while some taxpayer en- ters the office to pay poll tax, AUTO ACCIDENTS js: she‘ sinber to date it 0 tow ‘WORSE THAN WAR’ ‘that to publish the amount col-! 9 lected would appear ridiculous, it THREE TIMES AS _ MANY SNOW REPORTED Was said, AMERICANS INJURED AN. {NUALY AS IN N WAR * -s a ae oe * + BELOW FREEZING TEMPERA- TURES IN NORTHERNMOST SECTIONS TODAY “In-1933 more - than. 24,000 people were killed and move than. 800,00 were injured in auto acci- dents. The number of people in-! jured in these accidents was more’ than three times the number of Americans wounded in the World! War,” according to Raym r= tod i chi; ot ea aed rap dosti Cur- ‘ed in northern Michigan and some “The total loss resulting from of the northernmost sections of these accidents was $2,000.000,- 000 or more than the annual cost of operating our public school with below freezing temperatures. system and more than five times! ‘ the total yearly fire loss of the} April ‘spread over the southern part of (Ny Associnted A light April snow was report. the country started off the day showers were United States. “The possibility of accidents is naturally much greater in wet, the country. slippery weather,” Mr. Curry con- tinued. “Many motorists risk ac-| cidents trying to make their tires at Morehead, Minn., to 60's in the, last until summer so they can have new tires at the start of the ac- tive driving season, This risk is unnecessary. By buying tires; now the motorist can get the extra apolis 32 and Huron, South Da- safety during the wet weather kota, 26. and still have practically new tires for summer driving, as tires wear} AW WORD T0 very little in wet, cool weather. Now is the economical time to see; that your tires are safe. EXPECTED FIFTY WILL BE PUT ON FERA ROLL HERE FOR ACTIVTIES Chicago’s low was 36, Minne- “Thin worn tires should be re-, placed with new tires having a tread that will minimize skidding. The Firestone tread is scientific. | ally designed with many sharp angles to hold the car safely on the road in all kinds of weather,” | Mr. Curry avers. ' “Another advantage of obtain- ing tires now is the fact that you will no doubt save considerable as! prices are headed higher.” {be employed have been submit- — }ted to heads of the FERA in Mi- eeeoee ami and as soon as these are ap-/ WHERE TO GO }proved about 50 women will be | put to work, it was learned today. TONIGHT } Palace—“Looking for Trouble. Strand——“Crosby Case” “College Humor.” FERA assumed con- been no women fed and the [trol there have | of the kind on which women could be employed. TOMORROW { On his last visit W. M. Green, wide- | 1 {rents of the U ‘that our gage at Key ‘FOR MICHIGAN, leven when the character jate mechanical contrivance | | Projects on which women can), Since the CWA was discontinu-! and | working on projects as none were, {ter part of the Palace—“West of the Divide.”! regional director, stated that ar-j t i rangements were to be made put some women to work lowing this announcement jects were planned and it is ex- pected that within a short time women will be working in West. “Success Strand and “Crosby Cas | MRS. CAMILLE TORRES WATSON Permanent Wave Specialist will be in Key Wést Tuesday, Any Price’ pro- RATHER Viciou: s HAMMOND, Eng, Re se her husband would not wash his hands | Mrs. Anniton-} before breakfast, ette Mazolewski, of this city, hem, BARBER SHOP Make Appointments Now! shi to! Fol-| Key; tant superintendent in: the| of lighthouses, and was from data hunted big published by the U. S. Geodetic Survey. Coast and Writes Department When the story appeared in this paper a letter was sent by Mr. | Haskins Paul C. Whitney, chief jof the Division of Tides and Cur-! and G. S., in Washington, which is a branch of the Department of Commerce as! is the lighthouse department. j In reply Mr. Whitney ales {congratulating Mr. Haskins, say jing “Yours was a clever write up. | You should be on a newspaper.” “It will be of interest to you West re-} corded but one tide on that y in other words the prediction! agreed with the actual tide, which points out the fact that our pre-j; dictions can be depended upon of the tastronomic tide is unusual.” The peculiarities of tides and tidal influences are determined! and predicted by a machine which is called a “tide predicting —ma-! chine.” various types of which are | used in different countries. H Modern Instrument | The most modern and compre-} hensive of these machines is the one used in the United States at Washington. It is a very elabor- with intricate mechanism and a num- ber of dials which are in making the calculations. The manipulation of the dials used land other parts of the machine, Temperatures ranged from 24 according to mathematical form- ula, enables the forecaster to pre- {dict with astonishing accuracy the | rise of the tide at any place, the exact time when the high or low will show and the number of feet or inches. These predictions and other meteorological information are in- corporated in book form and sent out by the Coast and Geodetic Survey covering a period of two years from date of publication. PART OF WHARF WORK FINISHED Rebuilding the northeastern end \of the Mallory Lines docks will be | completed in about fwo weeks. The decking was completed today. {About 175 feet of the dock was ‘renewed including stringers and trusses. Ali that remains to be done on the present project is driving a few pili installing on innerside of the wharf Other parts of the dock ar repaired and the southw end will be rebuilt about the | year. be SPRING FESTIVAL —and— FASHION REVUE Auspices Woman's Club i}PUBLIC LIBRARY Friday, April 27, 5 p. m. DON'T MISS IT! | Dillinger. ‘a wolf that sometimes prowls 166 DENY MOTION IN today—John | | picked men on the job. Many airplanes dropped from the skies, some as far from bases 'as Washington and Philadelphia} the to bring reenforcements. timberlan’ of | Department of justice the Indiana; were under orders to shoot gunman continued to elude one of | Kill. Sentiment was openly expressed | the most extensive manhunts the! i that Dillinger dead would be more de ble to law forces than Dil- Up to shortly after noon “Dil- linger Danny” Dowling, Film Dance Director, Held For Trial Today Crafty as a fox and ruthless brush-gnarled men | Northern Wisconsin, to northlands have ever known, (My Associnied Pri LOS ANGELES, bas CANNON’S TRIAL "mv" ove FOR ‘ACQUITTAL = tdivector, was held for trial today’ ‘ that he kidnaped her in an attempt ALL TESTIMONY CONCLUDED! jto marry her. TODAY; COURT ALSO over.| After dramatic testimony in his RULES MOTION PERTAIN. preliminary the ING TO EVIDENCE pal court set arraignment for May \ | film dance on a charge by Marjorie Wellman hearing, munici- '9 and bound him over under 35,- 000 bond. A high spot in Dowling’s testi- was his attempt from the the actress agree a bath at a WASHINGTOD For the second time, Justice Pe: ton Gordon today denied a de- fense motion that he instruct the jury to acquit Bishop Cannon and| Arizona, hotel to which to took Miss Ada Burroughs of the charge her March 13. As Dowling teld of practices act. Mrs. Wellman shook Motions were made as all testi. Negatively. Dowling, leaning forward — in the witness chair, fairly shouted “as God is my judge, I gave you a bath.” mony stand to make he gave her Yuma, the her bath, head of conspiracy to violate corrupt, mony in the case was completed. ! The court also overruled a de- fense motion to strike all prosecution evidence except that! previously of E. C. Jameson, New York, show-| mitted under cross examination ing he contributed to the anti-Al Dowling had helped her remove Smith fund during the 1928 cam-'her skirt and blouse in prepara- paign. tion for the much discussed bath. out the actress had ad- LIGHTHOUSE BOAT CLEARE ENTERS LEAVES ON VOYAGE SOLICITOR RACE POINCIANA GOES TO BIG;ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY To. MARCO PASS ON LIGHT AND BEACON WORK | DAY FOR COUNTY POSITION IN JUNE PRIMARY Tender Poinciana orning for Big Marco the purpose of making r Number 1 light and, J n the vicinity. Poppy is at work on the of the range light at ssa. It is expected the! ll require several weeks. Tender Ivy is working in the hart replacing buoys and doing jn ocrat work in connec- states that he is a graduate of the n with aids to navigation, Law Deveremant of the Univer- sit has served the City of Municipa! Judge house <1 uncement liciter Recor for Monroe County ng primary to be hel In con work w . eandidacy the voters ic race. Mr. Cleare other necessary HOLIDAY NOTICE ‘for Thursday Day. a legal of Florida for b THE FIRS bank will simess on that day T NATIONAL BANK this ope The government had nearly 100. yet there may be others who in-| other were so ciear that a sl {tend to run, so T have net made; any promi: For Legislature “Another thing that ‘only me, but lots of other: ss ing is, who will be the candidates {for the So far there| jare none n not believe} that this situation is going to con-| tinue. Certainly there are to be some announcements | this off . has | not | for| nd there are many others Hike me in Key West. depend on | the press for information, T st jat home in the evening and re t I have looked in vain for ar |nouncements for the slature, | or for other offices, except those | mentioned, “And while we are discussing | this, or IT should say I am talking! ‘on the subiect, who are be the candidates for members of ithe board of county ion-! Jers. While I have some of the incumbents ‘opponents, nothing ‘been shown to date. Little Time Left short going to! that have has specific “Years ago at this time jbefore the first primary, paper would be full of anno: ments. Some of them months ahead. No little less than a and we see three ments, covering two offices, “Perhaps there wil nouncements for county sioner and the legis wiil make a political situation present, however, are enough in the create real situation anc activity for which Key West i past hax been noted.” nee several away, announce be which At there not t rac Since the Allan B. ¢ as candida’ His CITY PLANNING T0 SUE DELINQUENTS, NOTE written declared above Jy are | solicitor announcement COUNCIL SELECTS 10 NAMES AT MEETING HELD THIS MORNING At { City a mey a spe Council att start juents, with lected Criminal a € A A. Woods HEN IN FISH'S STOMACH Mas { this he fo ‘ f the stomach ~' conerete nt! es operator indentation in the wall ef the! American soil for a criminal nee could be seen distinet-} | trial. ‘INSPECTORS OF VESSELS HERE BLAIR, SULLIVAN AND FIND- LAY COME IN ON FLORIDA THIS MORNING Forms for pouring the tanks are now being constructed and a mixing platform is tak-| Those in charge of} ing shape. the work expect to begin pouring the first of the mixture for the| \tanks tomorrow or Thursday. Although but a limited number! of carpenters are being used the! work is progressing as rapidly as | can be expected and with the ar-| rival and placing of the rubber; ski for the glass fronts the| structure will begin to show how near completion the aquarium j really is. Arrivals on the Florida | morn: ig we J, WwW { sulliv in, and Ale Findlay, all H BAKER “HONORED prominent in the world of ship- AT 0C M NC ving, who come to Key West to inspect vessels of the P. and O. $ this S. Company, Mr. Blair is U, hulis, Mr. S. inspector of Sullivan, U. 5S. tor of boilers, and Mr Findlay rep. | resents the American Burcau | Shipping and the United States Salvage Association. The ; complete ASSOCIATION TO HOLD NEXT, CONVENTION AT ST. AUGUSTINE Cuba is being spection before into service next month Key West-Tampa-Havana n, when the Florida iq scheduled to go in service between New York and Portland, Maine, for the East- yern S. S, Company. CONGRESS SPEEDS WORK PROGRAM INDICATED SESSION WILL BE ADJOURNED BETWEEN MAY 20 AND JUNE 1 given goin, ans on the OCALA, April 24.—E. C. Ansocinted creeay Henshaw of New Smyrna, today was elected president i of the Florida State Fire- men’s Association, and St. Augustine was selected as the next annual convention city. Harry Baker, chief of the Key West Fire Department, JACK MATHEWS PASSES EXAM. AWAITING ORDERS TO BE AS- @te sized up the le (ity Assovinted Pri WASHINGTON, Apeit, i ' ‘ ' 24,— Democratic steersmen in the sen- ive situa SIGNED TO NAVY DUTY tion today and set May 20 to Juve 11 as the latest adjournment dead- |line. passed al! | were Congressional tasks likewise has been nots reviewed with President orders r th 8. navy BS Roosevelt by Speaker Rainey and ‘Floor Leader Byrne. The senate still resounded with f 24 ‘airmail argoment. na} on, House business was on amend- a — iment to the naturalization laws. pol } i have — GIVEN SURPRISE th credit i RICHMOND, Harry Bishop ‘ await in the shop's Ko! O., 35 years ago. | STRAND THEATER Wynne G = in CROSBY CASE g Crotiydack Onki« COLLEGE HUMOR Matinee: Balcony, 10; Orches tra, 15-20«; Might, 15-26 pao One Fa A ! “ ! i | I