The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 2, 1934, Page 1

‘Associated Press Day Wire 3 Service. _ For 54 Years Devoted to the * Best Interests of Key West KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 1934, New Director Ok Operations In “FERA Work Assumes Duties; | z | HAS APPROPRIATED FIF- BRING TOGETHER OWNERS; j 1, Turnage, director oi oper. told The Citizen, but to go over TEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS| AND MANAGERS FROM ALL| ations for FERA in Key West, as- the entire situation from every sumed the duties of the office yes- angle, decide on what is to be ass FOR RETURN OF CHILD PARTS OF FLORIDA terday, succeeding William W.!done, however drastic it may be, Engagement Precipitated : : Gy Associated Press) house owners and managers in the Demeritt, who tendered his resig-j@nd put the plan into effect at, nation some time ago, which be-' once. + jeame effective with the close of! Assembling Data | 7 i activities April 30. { With the $5,000 reduction in; Bee May Boi | And today, immediately afteg the allotment reductions in the Jransom to free six-year-old haya prt of Florida are requested to bogtaning his duties, he finds him.'ceveral departments will be ab- attend the three-day convention, self faced with problems that are,'solutely necessary, and Mr. Turn- Robles is awaiting ay ‘eall of ber) to be held in this city.on May 23,|to say the least, the kind that re-!age is devoting all of his time to- kidnapers 24 and 25, {quire much thought and earnest! day to securing necessary data to “apes er The convention is called for the! consideration, before he will be’ make these reductions in the com- There was no public indication; purpose of a real get-to-gether of able to solve them, he says. plement where they will be least | apartment house owners, and the’ The first and most difficult one, detrimental. | discussion. of laws passed by the ‘of ‘these is shown iby an analysis’. This 1s ‘not “a very Jast-legislature and a. great: many} of the following telegram ‘from W. duty, he says, © but’ © instructions | more important items to come up H. Green,’ regional director in Mi-{ from headquarters’ petmit of no: HMpetore the next legislature. ami: " }evasion ‘nor compromise, hence he (Special to ‘The, Citizen) MIAMI, May 1.—All apartment (iy Axsociated Press) | PARIS, May 2.—Police ‘fought a pitched battle with|'Bst Mdnspers or their represen. Communists in the “tough| tatives had come forward:to- quarter” of Paris today as a| the Robles! family: offers. first! agreeable : contributed indirectly toward. the repens Key West, Florida, has the most. equable weather in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit. PRICE FIVE CENTS WM. C. PROCTER, ‘Roosevelt Unfavorable Toward suocumps Topsy Reduction Of New ‘Liquor Tax INDUSTRIAL LEADER DIES IN USTRIAL LEADER CINCINNATI; THIRD TO! DIES TODAY HEAD PROCTER AND GAM- BLE COMPANY Other Methods In At- tacking Bootleggers Of Country (By Assvciated Presn) CINCINNATI, May 2.—Col.' William Cooper Procter, 72, Cin- (By Asqoctated Press) WASHINGTON, May 2. j—President Roosevelt is not inclined to reduce the new liguor tax at this session of congress, preferring other methods of attacking boot- leggers. The president is hopeful leader and philanthropist, died today. | Friends’ of William Cooper | Procter claimed for him that hej{ industrial making of Woodrow Wilson presi: dent of the United’ States. 3 As a graduate of Princeton University and later as a trustee,} | climax of “Red May Day” in made: Monday night, «when wounded as Communists, en- trenched behind flaming barricades in a blind alley and windows of a muni- ully - owned apartment, red a’stream of lead into ranks of,. police. and guards, 3 ly after a four-hour}. ' siege were police able to - storm the Communist citadel _ and drive them to cover. * WILCOX APPROVES: ef _ SISTENCE COLONY PLAN "SUBMITTED TO BUREAU _ WASHINGTON, May 2—Rep. 3. Mark Wilcox of Florida has Ac aarp to the. subsistence id bureau a plan for the ‘ hment of a homestead - colony. to be devoted to the raising - of pineapples at some point | on the East Coast of Florida, _ The plan’ would. provide for 50 families at a total initial cost J Wie and which are now being ; ed by ‘the bureau. ~The proposal would re-establish the pineapple industry which at one time constituted one of the erops of the East Coast... : plan,” Mr, Wilcox said, " with all of the require- ments of the homestead bureau: it will reestablish an important in- dustry in Florida and will provide &@ means of making a - livelihood, without competing with any other established industry, It is expect- ed that if the first one is estab- lished and proves successful it will ceed himself as county solicitor, ; Four policemen were’ pending negotiations.“ ~ In the meanwhile, the family, to make sure they will be dealing }with the real kidnapers and not fakers who seek reward without return of the child, have pro- pounded a series of question to ask the little girl and send them answers. The answers are known only to | the child and immediate members of the family. June’s mother was under the care of relatives today as she and cher husband steeled themselves , for a long wait until the kidnap- jers make contact. (By Agneciated Teens) TALLAHASSEE, May 2— " quolified today us a eandidate for reelection in the Junt pri- mary for judge of the twen- tieth judicial circuit. ! : ‘COUNTY BOARD TO _ CONVENE TONIGHT A ' | i i | i Regular meeting of the board county commissioners will be eld tonight in the office of Clerk Ross C. Sawyer at 8 o'clock in the county court house. “they: Those who, have signified their. jintention of attending are Gov.' ‘Dave? Sholtz, J.-S. Sullivan, state; hotelcommissioner; Congressmen : J. Mark Wileox and William J.' Sears, : { The Hotel Alcazar, beautifully located fronting Bayfront Park,| will be headquarters for the con- vention, and individual invitations! will be sent out to all apartment! house owners in the near future.! A. H. Simmons, president of the! state association, said that re-| turning prosperity means a great-; er influx of tourists and that a! consistent program should be} {worked out to please everyone—/ ‘tourists and residents alike. He! intends the conference to be aj prelude to concerted efforts to-/ wards general harmony through-; jout the entire state of Florida. 'BERNIE C. PAPY ANNOUNCES FOR YOUNG KEY. WEST BUSINESS MAN WILL BE CANDIDATE) FOR REPRESENTATIVE TO/ FLORIDA LEGISLATURE | | of Key! i fh Bernie, C. Papy, one business men, announces in this issue of The Citizen his candidacy | for representative to the state leg-/ islature. In business for the past 15 years ‘Mr. Papy has ever found ample; time to devote to the interests of | the city and county and given; Outside of regular routine the' freely of his time and money to; jonly matter to be considered by ‘the board will be bids for the pur- chase of a lot of used copper, ad- ;¥ertised by the board in a recent issue of The Citizen. BUSTO QUALIFIES. i ‘ | J. F. Busto, candidate to suc- i "PORPRIMARY RACE Ss So { : thorized. A short time ago “he ‘secure improvements. | | “Several times he has gone to j Tallahassee in the interests of | roads and bridges,” said one of his! ‘friends gnd admirers, ‘and -has! been. signally successful in: secur-! ing what was asked for. “He was instrumental in: secur- ing the .appropriation. for \:the} + | made another visit. to the pone and with, Golonel Wi P:° Mbéty,| member of the road department ‘Strike ( “9. L. Turmaige; * “Director Operations,’ ‘Key West) ‘Florida: “You are: allotted ‘for’ ve- Yef purposes: for the: month eluding purchase of material, ‘Wrnvel expenses end equip- ent rental. Projects A-1 ‘nd W-1 will be paid out of Yelief money and not out of ‘Whe $1,000 ( budget. Above Wmounts must not be exceed- WA. Adjust all ompenses to fit wid stop all work projects if Wecessary to meet require- When it is shown that for the ton to ask for more for Florida. Monfoe county totalled more than! $14;000, and for this month ap- Miami. told J. Lancelot proximately $5,000 less, it can be Miss Heen Williams and FE. month of April allotments i will ‘carry ‘them’ out to the best ‘ advantage’ fot alt concerned. ; That this action of cutting al }lotments in the state is not only ; being felt in Key West and Mon-' }ree county is shown by reports _ from other cities in Florida, whose allotments have in some instances, , been cut in half. ; Julius F. Stone, Jr., administra." tor in Florida, is planning to be in‘ : Knoxville, Tenn., tomorrow and ‘lay the situation before Harry , Hopkins. He is carrying with him {a brief case filled with telegrams to show to the national head. ; . Alan Johnstone, southeastern field representative for the fed- ‘eral relief administration, it is shown, is on his way to Washing- funds for Mr. Johnstone, one year ago in Lester, readily understood just what the Strunk. there were three projects immediate, future holds for. newly installed director of opera-'—Overseas tions. the he was anxious to see authorized Bridges, Chapman Field and another project at Pen- There is nothing he can do, he;sacola. eee ee A lipemic a fn ‘Havana Toda By Communists Of Short Duration (ily Associated rena) HAVANA, May 2.—A! partially paralyzed ‘despite facturers, West's most progressive young one hour strike called by | that street cars operated on: father was‘one of the two found-! operation received from the mer-! iCommunists. today fizzled! normal schedules. out when a_ majority of} iworkers in the city kept right on working through | the day. Traffic, however, Huge; German Spy Organization The strike. had been called in protest to May Day in- 'death of one person and the was} wounding of 10 others. wiis$aid ToBarUiicadbred bi:Paris e | PARIS; TCs | nakefiedd bday (hat & hinge “Ger- ; man spy organization” has been he made deterniined efforts bring about modifications in the} administrative policies of the.uni- versity. As part of his plan, hi favored the establishment of a graduate school that would enjoy} freedom from control by the un versity head and set aside $50 000 for the endowment of such aj school, Welcomed Gift Woodrow Wilson, at the time president of the university, wel- comed the gift and approved its! | Purpose, but insisted that the de-| partment should be coordinated} with others of the institution. In} an effort to carry his point, Mr. ; Wilson made a trip to Cincinn: to induce Mr, Procter to modify the terms of his gift, which he re-|" ‘fused to do and it was declined. | The issue over the gift pre-} icipitated a controversy, in the! midst of which another wealthy ‘alumnus of Princeton died. leav- ‘ing a large bequest to the school} jon terms similar to those _ stip- ! pinied Wy. Mr, Procter. .Unable to , Sway the governing. hoard. of th fiversity to ate rye or the benefactors, Mr. Wilson short- ly afterwards resigned the _presi- i dency of Princeton to be nomi-! nated and elected governor of} New Jersey. Third To Head Firm Mr. Procter was the third of! | his family to head the Procter and ‘Gamble . Company, His soap manu-| paternal grand-| ers of the firm and his father was, | the first president of the Procter| and Gamble Company. William! Cooper Procter was born at Glen-' dale, Ohio, August 5, 1862, the : Elizabeth (Jackson) Procter. He! was educated in the public schoois! ;of Cincinnati and was graduated jat the scientific school of Prince- ton University in 1883. f | The same year Mr, Procter en- {tered the employ of his father’s firm and was ptomoted from time to time until he became general manager when the firm was in-| | corporated im 1890. Upon’ the | death of his father in 1907 he suc- ‘ceeded to the presidency of the | company. he ee i HEFLINWAYIN q that the removed of the quota restrictions on liquor imports will be of benefit in curtailing bootleg activities. There is no immediate contemplation of lowering tariff rates on liquor, but should the reciprocal tariff {bill be passed by congress COES T0 P ay is every expectation the president will use this SAID TO BE BEST YEARBOOK| POWER. ;t0., . FBANRS -AACOr EVER PUBLISHED IN KEY| tariff. In the meantime President WEST; ARTMAN HANDLES JOB ANNUALYEAR BOOK, ‘CONCH’ PRESS! Roosevelt is working on his | announced policy for a bi- | metallic money standard, but (Communicated) | the White House maintained The annual yearbook, “The! strictest silence today on the Conch,” of the Class of 1934, went! seal H to press this week at The Artman} neRt apron a TERA ccd vadee Che. president. to. soon.s.' This if the seventh volume of nak, congress dor power te. taltiate “The Conch” to’ be pudlishea,|* home belifiog add. pomedaing and is reported ag being the big-| “@™Palgn. Government aid gest and best annual ever edited] ¥°U!4 be involved. © F fs zi The treasury was shown today in the history of Key West High’ that over $5,800,000,000 so far, School. This volume of “The little more than half of the esti. Conch” is made possible by a! mated requirements for the fiscal hard-working cooperative staff,! year ending July 1, had been spent an efficient class‘ sponsor, Miss Mary B. Trevor, and the fine co. with only two months to go be- fore the end of the fiscal year. chants and business city. The staff has toil€d unceasing- ly trying to mise the necessary’ funds to publish a fine annpal the) FAVOR CONCLUDING HEARING ON WIRT WASHINGTON, men of May 2-— cidents which resulted in the #0” of William A. and Chartotte ‘his year and have been success-; Publican views were submitted ful with the best yearbook ever,to the house today to wind up its published in Key West. Jinvestigation of Dr. William The Press states that the book! Wirt’s allegations that administea- will be complete in every detail! tion “brain trusters” were seckitig and that a good printing job is! to overthrow the existing social Ruaranteed. | order. The annual this year will be| A majority report signed by printed in a good scheme, typical! three democrats on the special of Key West ang the xicivityy a! house committee concluded there ‘ 2 ity 1 snd Tt Eh ife iWill, was no foundation for the Indinna hel nanfe, © It Will! schoolmaster’s assertions. ‘ i Di yeas Be ota Two republican _ committee ‘ ul SF \8/Cotch: thel | members in separate opinions held it the ‘upper left hand corner, Al-! that a thoreugh investigation had iso more pictures, more pages of a not been made. better class of paper than has ever; It is not necessary for the house en used, These qualities havei to act on any of the reports, never before been stated of any} filed his oath and fees this morn. it this district, secured an extra: Mr, Wilcox also inted out; ime with County Clerk Ross .|*PPropriation to make additional | Sane } that spil and climatic condition Sawyer and the required assess-;FePdirs to the boulevard, extend-| way Gq ON SALE TOMOR- along East Coast of Florida, ™ent with the Democratic Execu-|i"# a distance of approximately | { are for pineapple culture. | tive committee. {225 feet. ‘ROW, STATES POSTMAS- | be followed by’ others.” yearbook in Key West and praise is given for originality. Special mention of sincere grat- ;itude must be made again to those imerchants and business men who! thave so willingly contributed to} the making of the seventh volume; uncovered with the arrest of an. REAR IN ELECTION agent in Paris, and that warrants } had t ieciiadl Fae. aibeess allies FORMER SENATOR RUNS FAR BEHIND HIS TWO OP- PONENTS bers of the group. Secret service agents were xaid ‘JOSEPH ALBURY DIES YESTERDAY Mr. Busto told The Citizen his, “In the first appropriation that | } FLORIDA TAKES filing fees amounted to $108.50,| Section was not covered and no} TER SAM E. HARRIS \ sooner was the necessity of addi. Sailing at 11 o’clock last night for Havana, the S. S. Florida, of the P. and 0. S. S, company, ear- ried 76 first class, eight second lass passengers,. five, tons .of = three automobiles and: ma based. on five percent of the $2. 170 earned by the office last year, and will be the largest required from any candidate in Key West. GIRL BORN TO MR. "AND MRS. TREVOR Mr. and Mrs, Edwin F. Trevor {tional funds shown than Bernie‘ was on the train bound for Ta on what proved to be an-| er successful mission, | | ‘f ‘successful as a business man, and; lis fully capable of devoting the May 13. will be placed on sale at (Same energy and business acumen | tte his dealings in the legislature for the county as to his personal { activities, { ite the The ship was held over, from the |Antiounce the birth of a seven-!go-getter, who will accomplish his! regular sailing time .of 12:20 pound girl 8:30 o'clock ‘Monday welock awaiting the outcome. of | morning in Jackson Memorial hos. the May Day celebrations held in the Cuban capital. Ketch Caroline of Providence, R. 1, which was in port for sev- eral days, berthed at the Porter|Miami when the granddaughter | Deck company’s pier, sailed this| arrived, returned yesterday and, morning for Miami. pital, Miami, Florida**. A. R. Miller, superintendent of ‘the P. and ©. S. S. company, father of Mrs, Trevor, who was in reports both mother and baby do- ROSES AND " FLORAL PIECES jaims for Key West and Monroe,” ithe Key Wester concluded. ‘SPECIAL SERVICE TOMORROW NIGHT, | | | j | There will be a special service! yheld tomorrow evening at |this service, which is one of. a} iseries arranged by the officers of ginning at 8 o'clock. Tomorrow, May 3, the ok special! 0 be searching for spies, but | even the name of the agent ar- U. S. postage stamp in commemo-| rested was not made public. “Bernie has been exceptionally ration of Mother's Day, Sunday,’ the ‘local postoffice. The stamp} scainst a French jed authorities said, as the result of an investigation of charges army officer, The organization was uncover-: (By Anqociated Prews) BIRMINGHAM, May 2.——For. ;mer Senator Thomas Heflin had~ ,only a mathematical probability today of another shot at his polit- tical comeback in the run-off dem- ocratic primary in the fifth con- gressional district as mounting re- is wbout the size of @ special de-! Captain Froge, who was taken in. turns pashed Major Joe Starnes If the voters send him livery stamp and bears a repro- legislature they will have | duction of Whistler’s noted “Por- trait of My Mother” ’ associated) | with the noblest human sentiment. | engendering thoughts of making mother happy. Tt has been suggested that tenustedy in connection with , mysterious disappearance of plans | for the defense of the city of Belfort, Captain Froge was called as a witness in the original investi; ition of the affair, but his «tab- j born denials, his good record and uncertainty of handwriting by an the of Guntersville into second place Ee. i behind Congressman Miles Ali-, Heflin trailed SMarnes by 1,000 votes when little more than half the votes had been tabulated, and, Allgood was that far ahead of Starnes. tor. children write letters to mother | expert whe testified, caused the °°°* for delivery on or before Mother’s| government te hesitate to accuse -| Day, bearing one of the Mother's Day stamps, the ‘Pedtmaster Sam E. Harris ad- ‘Salvation Army hall, corner of Tises delivery of these letters can Sam Pinder will preach during stamp, and marking the letter or! ‘him. NOTICE Our Track will be in tomor- .| vow might with large variety of Freite ond Vegetables. Wel! will be open entil late. BAR- GAIN PRICES. GEO. PARKS GROCERY 1339 Mewtar St. Phace 53 Palace—“Riding Thru.” . Strand—"The Poor Rich” “Counselor at Law.” aod TOMORROW Palace—“Riding Thru.” Strand—“Hareld Teen” and “The oer Bich.” | of “The Conch.” | FUNERAL SERVICES ARE BE- The staff ix mentioned below: CONDUCTED * Maurice Felten — Editor-in- — en chief. AFTERNOON Paul Sawyer—Axsociate Editor, Walter Norman, Jr-Business Manager. Galen Lund—Cireulation mana- ‘ | Jongh Albury,.74 years old, TAO, Beriners) died yest day afternoon 3:16 o'clock at his residence in the rear lof 729 Love Lane. | Funeral servies are being held {4:30 o’clock this afternoon from Fleming Street Methodist charch, where the body was placed at 2 le'clock. Rev. Shuler Peele will James Watkins—Asst.. Cireula- tion Manager. Flora Lopex—-Literary Editor. | Harriette Hjort—Asst. Literary Editor. fficiate, Charles Thompoon—Art Editors” pra ceeats are in charge of Barbara Taylor—Avst, Art Edi-| prit-pard’s Funeral Home. > | The deceased is survived by bir t widow, Mre. Annis Albury! tro Anderson — AM) sauchters, Mrs. Willis Brady and Mrs. Wilbur Johnson and ope viv- Miss Mary Trevor—Adviser. jes, Mrs. James Adame. PRESCRIPTIONS) Filled for any DOCTOR in the city. For quick service bring them: bo— Gardner’s Pharmacy Phone 177 Wiliam Cates—Sports Editor. Glenwood Sports Editor.