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Associated Press Day Wire Service. For 54 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Key West, Florida, has the most equable weather in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit. VOLUME LV. No. 101. Germans Hold Conference On Proposed Transier Was\ALBURY ASSISTS Shown To Be Vital In Revival Of Activities In World Trade (By Associated Feess) BERLIN, April 27.—Con- ference on proposed transfer of German foreign debts, favorable outcome of which is held vital for revival of world trade, was opened here this afternoon in an atmosphere of uncertainty. i at the — last minute, it was learned, were warned against moratorium plans for the Dawes and|® Young plan loans by -Great Britain. Negotiations were con- ducted with the greatest secrecy with a chairman to be chosen at today’s meet- ing. REEMPLOYMENT OFFICE IS IS CLOSED: THIS ACTION WAS TAKEN as| RESULT OF ORDERS RE- | CEIVED YESTERDAY Ce ee a eee 26rders received yentetday in- structed that the National Reem- ployment office which was estab- lished several months ago on Whitehead street, be closed last night. When this office was opened B. D. Trevor, W. L. Bates and B. L. + Grooms were appointed a commit- tee to take charge and pass on all) matters pertaining to the activi-| ties. | Joe MeMalion was made execu-! tive in charge and with the as- sistance of a forcé‘of clerks han-! died the affairs of thiy office in a} manner that was commended by; officials who had occasion to in-| spect the schedule of work and ac- complishments, Recently there was very ped activity, it was said, and the of-! fice force consisted of Mr. Mv-} Mabon and Mrs. C. E. Hattrick,! These are without employment with the closing of the officed)i stated an assistant will arvive<to. take charge of all pecords « and: leave with them for Miami. i PEPPER RETURNS : - TOHEADQUARTERS \ CANDIDATE FOR SENATE QUALIFIES FOR RACE IN JUNE PRIMARY {son's yacht, jamong the Fiorida Keys, ‘ | guide | Dock company and one from the local hotel. {Special to The Citizen) TALLAHASSEE, April 27.— Returning to his headquarters after an absence of four weeks! during which he campaigned in-! tensively in the lower part of the! second and practically all of the |, first and fourth congressional dis- { tricts, Claude Pepper, candidate fer the United States senate, made his first act. the payment of | his qualification fee with Secre-} tary of State Gray, “as required by law. Mr. Pepper was the first candi- date for office to qua! with the democratic state exeeut com- mittee when it convened February 21 at Jacksonville to issue the formal primary election call. TRUCK ARRIVES TOMORROW NIGHT Fresh Fruits and Vegetables BROADWAY MEAT MARKET Phone 268 701 Duval Street ee, FERA OFFICERS | VISITORS WILL ENJOY OUT- A telegram. vecdived ‘yesterday. SLOW PROGRESS ON ISSUES OF Foreign Debts' DISARMAMENT TENTION OF ROOSEVELT APPLICANTS FOR | TRAINING CAMP | (By Aswocluted Press) MESTIC MATTERS WASHINGTON, April 27.— MAJOR OF NATIONAL GUARD) «1, prospects of progres: RECEIVES BLANKS AND LITERATURE ON CMTC AC-| TIVITIES | disarmament discussions were; canvassed today by President | Roosevelt and Secretary Hull with Norman H. Davis, ambassador at | large. Although mainly concerned; ___ Major William V. Aibury, z6ath, iwith domestic affairs, member: C. A. Florida National Guard, has) of congress had a reminder of me received a supply of application! world situation, too. blanks, envelopes and eee It ama sire cade einer j tion officials seeking committe Diigged org ar Bont Sere "70 of reciprocal tariff bill. mn e ae Oe R. T. Gibson, instructor WRECKING TUG . of the coast artillery, who has! been appointed sub-division chief, | writes that the CMTC will be held} in July, and he is anxious to have | as many applications filed as pos-/| | WARBLER LEFT YESTERDAY sible. TO RENDER AID TO SHIP Applicants can get the blanks, IN DISTRESS at the office of Major Albury in| the Hellings building on Duval street. They will fill out the, Wrecking Tug Warbler, which Cnr Fagrisecnaint forward |S2iled late yesterday to the relief them to Fort Screven, Ga. It will | f the Steamship American Oriole. be an infantry camp, it is shown,|reported stranded off Fort eee eee ee Pierce Juliet, returned to port (HENRY WHITE {last night without completing the voyage. CANNON IS DEAD, When several hours out a radio jmessage was received notifying ithe wrecking tug that the vessel had been floated by her own pow- er and the assistance of the tug twould not be needed. Wrecking Tug Relief, which was ‘placed by the Warbler, sailed last night for New York where she will undergo extensive repairs to boilers and machinery. JOHN HINSON UNDER ARREST WAS FORMERLY DIRECTOR OF CHASE NATIONAL “BANK ~ (Ny Annosvated Preas) DAYTONA BEACH, April 27.—Henry Whi New York, formerly director Cannon of of the Chase National Bank, and comptroller of currency Presidents and Cleveland, died winter home here today after Harrison his der ED WITH BREAKING AND ENTERING at a brief illness. Notification has been received by the sheriff's office from being held in jail in Miami on charge of breaking and €ntering TAKEN ON TRI ithe business place of Charles Tift | vicinity. {cedents and descendants of tat Plantation Key. feapias issued in Key !Couty Solicitor J. F. Busto, on complaint of Mr. Tift. On th ‘same capias is the name of R jHenderson. charged with th same offense. ROLAND MUMFORD» ARRIVES IN Roland Mumford, auditor of As the party expect te spend the Colonial Hotel system, arrived several days fishing, two tenders on the morning train for a visit were taken along to be used as on business and pleasure with boats, one from the Porter Jackson Golden, manager of the ~-ING AMONG FLORIDA KEYS Julius K. Stone, Jr., ; ministrator of FERA, Connor, executive officer, M Green, regional director, ior W. A, Burwell, W. R. Porter and Norberg Thompson, left shortly before noon today on Mr. Thomp- Marie, for an outing state *~ ev bee This visit of Mr. Mumford will is afford him the opportunity of seeing his brother, Etman Mum- . ford, mate of the Wrecking Tug Warbler. Thompson Fish company. The first stop of the party expected to be Jewfish channel. Other places along the key: where tarpen are said to be plen tiful at this time will be a ececcccccoce ‘U.S. DESTROYER | WHERE TO GO ARRIVES IN PORT 2-2" visited. } | Seecccvce Palace—“West of the Divide.” ‘ Strand —- “Chea! Blondes and “I Believed in You.” TOMORROW Pala “The House of tery. rived in port s morning f the Cuban coast and will remain during a period of recreation. Destroyer Reuben James, which was in port for about 10 sailed 5:30 o'clock yesterday a: ernoon for Cahrleston, S. C. Steamship Gatun, of the Stand- ard Fruit and S. S. company, due to arrive in port this evenin: from New York, take on fuel oi at the Porter Dock company, sail for Mexican ports, “Beloved.” dent Rieed— LARGE SHIPMENT bacon AND FRYERS Spring Lamb | Fresh Killed Perk Swift: Hams CENTRAL MARKET 805 Fleming St. Phone 20! ‘Jury Deliberates Over Guilt Or | WORLD SITUATION GETS AT-| IN ADDITION TO MANY DO-; ' churchman had been pictured as at the; i impending resumption of Geneva} oney Gace dies Gees the 1928 anti-Smith cam- The Key West Citisen —. KEY WEST. FLORIDA, FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 1934. [ARREST SUSPECT Innocence Of Southern Churchman| !% EW: BREMER (By Associated Pre: April 27.—A self and goes into a political cam-: {WILLIAM VIDLER, EX-CONVICT, TAKEN CUSTODY YESTERDAY CHICAGO WASHINGTON, REPUTED | ducy icf Ll men andiawemenste\esteiuedesiaiheaner St is. ,a INTO, day sought an agreement * upon| blessed thing to love the Lord’, he| the guilt or innocence of Bishop|*hould at least keep his skirts) led.” ' | district attor- Cannon and Miss Ada Burroughs, /clean, his hands uns after the Southern Methodist | Leslie Garnett, jed Press) 1 |mey, shouted to the jury in his passing out! | closing argument. robes” | iieaia par beeles If convicted, Fest of a suspect carrying $3,000, bishop's | the maximum penalty is two years | |of the $200,000 paid for the re- it en imnsisonment, and a($10,000)fine| ee et Pant ftnker:andlemunrfroem kidenes “When « bishop unfrocks him-|each. [banker and brewer, from kidnap In Request To Extrait Machado RETURNS HERE \ers several months ago, was dis-| Ina, Peouted ex-convict, was arrest- ‘ed yesterday in a Chicago gamb- ling establishment, and has been {held incommunicado. After others in his office had (By ‘denied reports of the arrest for} 27.—The} that Machado may escape arrest) several hours, Melvin Purvis, chief | fof United States Division of In-| {vestigation here, acknowledged | ‘that Vilder was in custody and}! money recovered, ‘SIKES QUALIFIES against , | AS CANDIDATE IN Viider, HAVANA, April Cuban nation waited with ate there, the Cuban court. of sanc- of the Eessident| quest to the Cuban state depart- United interest \today for news |tions began preparation of a re- pursuit of its former Gerardo Machado in the States. ment asking that extradition pro- {ceedings be _ instituted Pianning for any oun Machado in Canada also. Body Of Louis Bosch, Formerly __ SENATE CONTEST ST. PETERSBURG RESIDENT! IS SEEKING SEAT IN SEN. ATE BODY NOW HELD Tampa Resident, Found In Miami (By Associated Press) HELD IN MIAMI JAIL CHARG-; | bigraphical : Colonel William Curry Harllee, U. the; isheriff of Dade county that John | ‘Hinson has been arrested and is, The prisoner was arrested on a{ West by ‘grant ancestors up to the present. jinterest to the \ Harllee, U. jstationed in ‘served in the Boxer Rebellion in! though technically unger | China, Miami, April beaten and lacerated about were} which they to early ar- (Special to The ¢ TALLAHASSEE, they PARK TRAMMELL Benawicaales the killing, saying the! head and back, the body of Louis| hoped would lead ' rests. working on clues Bosch, 41, formerly of Tampa and) Havana, Cuba, was found clump of bushes today near Bic- i The body was fonnd by two in 4! men preparing for a Tishing trip Clothing was dry, indicating i had been placed there just shortl before, since a heavy rain had Police revealed but few details fallen earlier in the day. COLONEL HARLLEE, SON OF NATIVE CONTAINS. LOCAL FOLK HISTORY iene or er | thre »ugh each county before the ‘primary. Sikes said he believes heroines and heroes who marry! that any man’s public record is and have children, fight the bat: | public | property and that he e tles of our wars as officers or in’ pects to handle the public record the ranks, work on the daily job of his opponents without glpves. in peace time and from whom: He characterized Park Tram- spring the strength of a nation mell as a public official who contained an such as the United States of Amer- launched his political career from of Key West and ica. Marking its production are the office of the man who, for It deals with the ante- remarkable details. The work rep- the past quarter of a century, has the resents already a cash outlay of been recognized as the dictator of Curry and Kemp families, and $30,000, with nobody paid for the power trust in Florida. He chronicles the life history of oth- labor. Four years, 60,000 miles further charged that the same er families connected with them. of travel in the puth, went into hand which first rocked Tram- It is replete with the history of its making. Descendants, collat- mell’s political cradle had led families, from the immi- eral relatives of those eight orig- Florida’s junior senator step by inal husbands and wives were run step through his entire political down among rich and poor, high career. and low, in cities, towns, on farms Sikes said that Claude Pepper, and in the backwoods, iwhom he decmed a very ca rie thes : i. Thomas and Elizabeth mee a aly ses a resic appeared in the issue of “New Or- ne oie vneg Of Florida for about seven years, Jeans State” of March 24, 1934;/Harllee, Andrew and = Agnes: i. said that during the gr (By MEIGS FROST) Be ade) : Benjamin, and). part of this time Pepper Whe United Slates Mevines hive” lary Corey, Samuel and Amelia jcon recognized in legislative ‘gone in for genealogy now, and as (Russell) Kemp, John and Han- cles as one of the most pone icould be expected, the situation is nah (Walker) Bethea, Sterling: h i paid specie? interest) lwell in hand. The book ‘Kin- Clack and Frances (King) Robert. |i folks” by Colonel William Curry .s0n and Samuel and Sophia Ann 'U. S. Marine Corps, now (Parker) Dickey are seven of the ' et New Orleans in eight basic pairs, one of which,/ overseas World War veteran charge of Southern recruiting, is:through intermarriage and subse-| probably best known throu : e necen . 7 «t- the state for his fight for a $ d just off the press; a 968-page first quent descent, requires two list " a volume set totaling 2,500 pages. ings. $10 antomobile license law during i , i the last legislature. He ne and extraor-. i oe ect cider. he dinary work. Back from the mid-1700"s to the’... 1. 2 ioe oe Starting with eight Southern tively supported the 1 founding of Jamestown, Va., in : : i z group's ley ti rogram husbands and wives, who were liv-/1607; forward to the present day |FTOUP's legislative prow z in Dixie in the mid-1700's, of living men and women, the an- Kinfolks” traces and lists 10,000 cestors and descendants of those of their direct descendants and «“Kinfelks” are traced. Colonel 15,000 collatera) relatives. Dove | Har used “Kinfolks” as a United States Marine, who | standard huuiehy St. Petersburg, qualified today vith Secretary of State R. A.! ‘ay as a candidate for the demo- cratic nomination as United enator. the first qualify in this race. ate seat now held ammell of Lakeland. i an interview at ~ time he cayne Bay. i candidate | to; He seeks the! by Park “Kinfolke,” 3 genealogical and hero work, prepared — by S. M. C., whose mother was a na- tive of Key West, is now ready for distribution ‘n ‘Kinfolks” authentic these This work should be of — vital people of Key ! West. It consists of three volumes, Following is an article which (Stuart) and Fullmore, has cir . hold-over $ mem ber of the state senate and an Ancestors Traced was also AFRICAN ENVOYS $ IN quial, mmatical co Aasovinted Press) Africa ine CAP ETOW . of Apr: “fan- as the re in the Philippines, all over | titte, the world ever since, the work is as meticulous! ccurate as a Ma rine m er roll, the data docusjoored lives of these salty at ke a judge advocate’s re-|dig folk, who carved is the greatest contribu- Indian-infested » the recorded genealogy of markably, not a corporal’s guard } Ike who were, and are, the of them ever went yne of the South (of the ma- wason and Dixen tien, for that matter) that ever They settled South; has been compiled. Sailors, Tribute to Seuth’s Heroes = ers. farmers, lawyers, doctors It is = labor of leve. not done storekeepers, they were fer commercial profit, bat to pre-* folks toward whem their neich serve the records of those unsung (Contineed om Page Four) with “heraldic pr ciful lineage: intent. His scorn embas* Prime Mir ster Hert Dixie o orest Paris and Bertir horth of would ale line to with S “Nothing readiness of the Britich er n placing their services stayed South. | soldiers, school teach-| nm” he a Gale the sort > ‘ nt CHICAGO, April 27.—The ar-' | of the Natiouai Recovery Admin-| BY ' State Senator James F. Sikes, of | stated | EUROPEAN CAPITALS « BATES ASKED TO COOPERATE WITH | RECOVERY UNITS: jIN REPLY TO GENERAL JOHN-) | SON, HE SHOWS GREAT | NEED OF BRIDGES TO HELP| UNEMPLOYED HERE \ | | W. L. Bates has been asked a Hugh S. Johnson, head; | Generai i stration, to cooperate in further- jing the aims and intentions of j the movement in Key West. | In replying to General ®ohn- | son Mr, Bates wrote in the affirm- ative, and at the same time sug- greatest | that one of the to the program of national | gested aids ‘yecovery in this section would be} | the overseas bridges. He cited the fact that therc are British Authorities | exercise PRICE FIVE CENTS = Fear Expressed Japan May KIDNAPING case Dominate China By Force Are Heard Relative To Asia- tic Issue Under Discus- sion (By Associated Press) LONDON, April British authorities’ answer to the “Asia for Asiatic doctrine came today from a source close to the British- Indian administration. Japan, the authority said, may dominate China force and may gain some in- fluence in Siam through in- trigue, though this latter is doubtful, but she will never minor fluence in India and other by even in- jareas of Southern Asia. “Asia for Asiatics” is | approximate! 2,000 able-bodied imen in Key West and Monroe { county who could be put to work on the brid and asked that, General Johnson do all in his pow: to assist in securing the loan. The general replicd he had tak 'Ickes and the proposition would | be, in regular routine, taken care ! of. Mr. Bates is now getting busy} on the NRA pi sition and , planning the perfection of the or- ‘ganization in Key West. The first | step is the appointment of a gen- ! eral chairman, publicity chairman {and speaker chairman, He has already decided on the chairmen of the respéctive com- }mittees and as soon as these have; accepted the appointments will] proceed with the regular business} in connection with the NRA plans. 1 PUTNAM PLANS TO VISIT THIS STATE: EXPECTED LIGHTHOUSE COM.| MISSIONER WILL COME jold, died 3:45 o'clock | Funeral Home to § rapidly becoming a slogan of ‘all eastern people, he added, | “but only Japanese con- ceive of this new Asia as be- Jen the matter up with Secretary|ing run by Japan.” MRS. EDNA BUSH DIES YESTERDAY FUNERAL SERVICES ARE BE- ING CONDUCTED THIS OO KFTERN' Mrs, Edna May Bush, 30 years y afternoon in the home at Whitehead street. Funeral services are to be held this afternoon 4:30 o'clock from the mortuary chap f the L z . Paul's Epis. copal church, T Arthur B. Dimmick will officiate. Pallbearers will be selected from shipmates of Mr. Bush, who TO KEY WEST | George R. Putnam, commission- er of lighthouses, is expected to arrive in Florida the early part o May, according to advices recei ed by W. W. Demeritt, local sup-! erintendent. Mr. Demeritt does not know whether the commissioner will come) » Key West or remain in Miam In the latter event Mr, Demeritt! will go to that city on the Tender Ivy, although he thinks it than likely the commissioner will} ome to Key Wert to look over the} tensive repairs and s that are being mode at this} TENDER IVY GOES | TO DRY TORTUGAS : ‘ VESSEL TAKES PARTY OF OF.) FICIALS ON SAILING LAST NIGHT | while nder Ivy, of the lighthouse artment, sailed last nicht for) Tortugas with Major W. W 8. A., Colonel C. A. and Colonet x | . who go to rt Jefferson & the} | r on the vy} 7 radio elec- ke repairs anc radio tel at the ry} return tonight REGIME OF YERGERS MUND, drew Yerger and mare? f th zy of La A Yerger Laurence and jis an officer with the F. E. C. improve ' tbe be erts will Car Ferry company. Mrs. Bush is survived by her widower, Irving B, Bush; son, Irving B., Jr.; parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Cur: y; one sister, Mra. Joseph Faulk and brother, Charles Gould Cur ‘CLAUDE ROBERTS RESIGNS PLACE | PLANS GOING TO MOUNTAINS TO SPEND TIME WITH RELATIVES more | whe has lighthouse has de- his connection Claude H. Roberts, been employed in the service fos. obert period, cided to terminat and has tendered his resignation. He rhows that it is his inte B to go with relatives in the mow ina which will eficial to his health position held by » spend a The remain vacant ir ly, it was said dent. vy the superint “ NEW ARRIVAL AT PIERROT’S HOME Mr. and Mes. Louis Pierrot an nounce the birth jock this morring in $64 Eaton street of Doris Pay has been given the She weigh: eight pounds Mother and daughter are re ried doing wicely { STRAND THEATER | i i of a daughter 3 the howe The na Thetens Tod in CHEATING Lone Rosemary Ames Vietor 1 BELIEVED IN you” Matinee: Baleeny, 10; Orches tra, 15-206; Night, 15-25¢

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