The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 11, 1934, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire’ Service. : ’ For 64 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West —_ KEY WEST. FLORIDA, FRIDAY, MAY 11, 1934. INSULL’S ‘SPIRIT APPEARS UNBROKEN BY TROUBLES VOLUMELY. No. 113. Buick Motor Company Plant Closes Leaving 14,000 Idle} Five. Thousand. Employes, iLOCAL SHOWERS ~» Walked Out. In Fisher: PROMISED SOME Body Corporation, Af- ‘DROUGHT AREAS, filiated With Buick ; GREAT APPREHENSION. FELT IN VARIOUS SECTIONS OF} COUNTRY DUE TO LONG DRY PERIOD | eocesee Sveccvecccosocs ‘Homecuaaay Of Former Utilities Monarch | eecccese eccccescoce eevcccce coceoccese evcce eeooecccoese (By Associated Press) FLINT, Mich. May ae oad Sal Of the Rome Bureau of The As-! sociated. Press, who accompanied | Samuel Insull, across the Atlantic} NEW YORK, May 11.—Age' ‘and his ‘recent experiences have | not robbed Samuel Insull of his, vigor. : A few minutes’ talk with swat Buick “Motor Company closed here today close heels of a walkout of union em- ployes in the Fisher Body _Cor- poration, No. 1 plant, which makes‘) onion over middle America’s Buick bodies. fetop prospects, grew hourly, toda; Fourteen thousand Buick eni-|Parched prairies and plains long/Fmer: utilities; magnate brings al eye soda estimated 5,000] 28Ked by hot sun. and swept. by cided. alteration... ain the impres- i hoking “black bliazards”.of dust; “On given. by his ovuaun ee sabe ap pa yeanionil ines tad ines , Alert mental! ‘waa | learned from, reliable city, dweller alike. faculties, and a.keen memory, show jources that the plant will remain} ‘The only note.of hope was ORV EERREON j - -elosed ‘until ‘Tuesday... {forecast for local showers. tonight seksi aloeen nself Me -tinicbed”| By that time it is expected the} in Nebraska and the Dakotas and{- can shift quickly from calm Fisher strike will be settled.. in Iowa. tomorrow. , Elsewhere -no| amiability: to stormy anger. The, The closing of the Buick plant! relief was in sight. ioe ven age ec to ov com- ‘comes on th f th ta- id “4 i: {pletely from such moments tion ss eieaags i anor Mner neh “Uisek -biiaeardg! rand a spirited fighting character of the. new model, were without precedent in inten- (i, pévealed. The rate of pay for piecework) sity and area involved within the} - ‘Then, as quickly, the easy, tran- on bodies for the new model was past 20 years. quil manner that has: ripened with , one of the avowed causes for dis-| One estimate was that some; his 74 dgai iain aa Often the satisfaction among union em-/12,000,000 pounds of dust had| Person against’ whom he has vent- ployes at the Fisher plant, {been swept into Chicago, four ee Mis Wisin MGR fiddenly. that Fisher workmen walked out pounds for every man, woman and yesterday afternoon and union child in the city. ae they are again on eed friendliest of semen? } A serious water shortage in ‘ cs “! Pe oper tle amg te jsome communities brought muni.| Although he says a man of his ' ‘Borrowed Time’ \ cipal embargoes on drinking. wi wae age is living on. “borrowed time,” | on re (By Associated Prens) { CHICAGO, May 11.—Appre-;? Samuel Insull, despite his long fight te remain away from the American port. He is shown above (left) after his son, Samuel, Jr. (right), joined him on the Exilon outer New York harbor. Be- tween the Insulls is John Lloyd, Associated Press staff writer, accompanied the time utilities magnate on his “homec: trip.” At left, Insu! shown he stepped from the gangplank to} American soil, ending a dramatiz chase that took him to four coun- {ter, -Insull with scareely a change of} tries. breath launches into discussions of | new business. enterprises and! speaks of places he hopes to vse MRS. B. CROKER Ho Di ible "MEETS OLDE use gible Of United States *finvestors in the co of his | “FRIEND IN any.” eutaryrio in Asetten. iA nl ae | property left to him in the wor! MIAMI, DEFINITE TIME FOR START. |. GEORGE LOWELL, ACQUAINT. | the insists, is contained in the lug- ee a ING OPERATIONS AND NUM} og brought with him on the | KAGROF NEARLY $0 YEARS |S eee ey BER TO BE EMPLOYED UN:| ’ Ina tpg gest a definite! AGO, VISITS HER AT COLO.| ERMINED magnate shows certain. definite; andes ene ld marks of time, but his condition; NIAL HOTEL seems to ber igo above average ‘a a man of years, He lost 25 original! 7% hepsi a lig pounds in weight during the 20 | nacsigereps. latwedd = between his departure (By aileoaned > May 11.—Headed for, took the ible iant airship on a new aerial assignment designed to en. ' John Watts, formerly of Key} ‘West, son of Mrs, Ed. F, Cranch, city editor of the St. Petersburg! Times, was recently awarded a “silver loving cup as first prize e Macon left here today to pars! abe it to escape from theoretical | ticipate in a second series of war destruction that befell it when it, games with the United States war \ ecamsinile carried out a cam- | fleet. |paign against a mythical ei One of the bright spots of Mrs. | aeons " o a ; Lieut. Commander A. H. Dresel fleet in maneuvers a week aj be opened this year or the num- from Chih Be ite ‘exit PI a ag Croker’s visit to Key Westi ber of people to be employed can- Grcéce. abdard the Malotis® last! "** meeting an old friend she} ~ -——— not be stated at this time, it was March. ‘kriew years ago when she was liv-! Se 7 Th d Do venty-five Lhousan llar Dead Can't, Open Doors,” and is! _one of five plays by John Watts’ 1 _ which © feren' with all the machinery in the plant in operation about 300 men, wom- en and boys could be employed. duction, “Dinuer. At ' However, this was not expected; “The Command:to. Wed” *was ne Nigra cpio ead "DIES YESTERDAY FUNERAL SERVICES TO BE CONDUCTED THIS AFT. ERNOON Catherine Grace Griffin, four months old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John William Griffin, died; 4:30 o'clock yesterday attecaes | in the residence, 320 Margaret | street. Funeral services will be held DAY'S SALES | SHOWN TO HAVE REACH. dock | as large week, caused }some lively bidding. One lot was old for $380, another brought {$361 and several smaller lots were sold for $155, totalling $206. This is the fifth day of sales) , this week, Wednesday being the EOI Te ‘most productive with sales j Sngunting to about $402. Sales | $350. j Yesterday there were a few lots; jon the dock which sold for $135. jmaking a total for the week of Steamship Gatun of the Stand-,$3.733. —‘ard Fruit and Steamship company! is due in port tonight from New) York. After.taking on fuei oil, at the Porter Dock company the ship will sail for Mexican ports. | | Lighthouse Tender Poinciana’ | Gardmer’s Pharmacy came up to the Porter Dock this) ‘morning fer oil preparatory te ‘starting cperations next week. tion, as. Its) ai the plant, who left-for Miami yes- ' DEATH time he expected, was his reply, jand said that as soon as the fruit ‘All of the paraphernalia in the “received a cable this morning ad-|When tried out several times re- Montivedeo. FORTY-THREE CARLOADS Town,” was produced bya - fray Norberié OThdnivegh.” Uirher od share, also. in 1933. terday, was asked’ when’ opera- ANNOUNCE ‘}tions would begin. “In a short . : Sar. begins to arrive operations | will . OF DANIEL BACON;:<::. Inco has been kept in perfect Captain-and Mrs, W. M. White} condition by George Stewart, and vising them of the sudden death abel worked smoothly and ef- their son-in-law, Daniel Bacon, se ficient! Mr, and Mrs, Bacon were en-( SHIPMENT Toute to their home in New York ‘LARGE Sw OF PINEAPPLES SENT OUT OVER EAST “COAST THIS MORNING ~~ _ High | School , Auditorium * Senior Class play, “Skidding.” | - Palace—“Lawless Valley.” 5 } Strand—“Come; On , Marines”) and “Countess .of, Monte .Carlo.”} learned yesterday. Stil’ A Non.Drinker jing in her home town, Talequah, | vanes ie SOONUy, Adams, manager of the Thompson + The others are “Jungle”, ° the thtereste, rey an ta ‘that {and constant caution, he says, have! Nation in Oklahoma. _ first one nc ly which was stag-; saved him from*the grave conse-| George _ Lowell, familiarly | ansom “ed professionally in Angeles, quences that might have resulted | known to a host of friends in Key from a persistent heart ailment. _ taken by Judith Wood, star of the |" : an the fruit. wan Abt very, large, rate wines he. cies himself upon | that time, 29 yeers ago, with the| LOS ANGELES, May 11.—; Ernest Noon, attorney for Mrs. accord repdrts, and! never having tas’ aleoholic}U. S. land office in Seyuoyal | 7 b de-iGettle, informed. District At- og a and pre a ‘the ariuik, ‘The Collecting was a hob) county and met Mrs. Croker, OR cers oe Ole wae been: by and he grew to be an expert core marriage, Miss Bula Edmund- i for the release of Wil- j toraey Buron Fitts he had receiv. 6% indulge heavily in cigars, | with the family. |ty” who informed him they bed! eats heartily anid enjoys sitting up! Yesterday when apprised by | Hille oil millionaire, the district! ADO late at night discussing world af-| The Citizen that she and party | ttle alive cand wanted a $75,-| fairs. jhad arrived he called by ~ phone! ‘attorney's office annuunced today.( 000 ransom. in Athens from laying plans for | 87d addresse development on a large scale of|a greeting. in the Cherokee | the lignite. business. He says that} tongue. BIDDING if his personal situation had been! Pye answer came quickly, uysl AT SPONGE DOCK oer os one words of happiness in the lan-| trom te de — en's foreign |Z¥8ze of the Cherokees which he site ghee ine Jhad to acknowledge were beyond|TOTAL OF i | him. This he a = achieved | vitation from Mrs. Croker, he was! ED 3896 exploitation of immense received at her apartment in the} eer: lignite deposits, he told newspa-| Hote} Colonial and spent a most] Sponge sales at the new permen. He said friends were! delightful hour discussing inci-|this morning, while not purpose. sher candidacy for congress. The effect upon Greece's manu-} Mrs, Croker left over the high. | facturing. industry and conse-| way this morning, accompanied by| quently her foreign trade, he con-| her sister, Mrs. Gonia Tinnin and mous. The lignite, properly treat- eee for Mami ed, was to be an economical sub- stitute for the coal now imported | in great quantities. have been produced in dif-| "Some days ago A. Maitland tae ceaminastnen| then the capital, of the Cherokee ‘April, 1932. The lead in this was “While he was once a collector of | West as Judge Lowell, was, at) (By Annoctatea “rae } judge of Viaiages by the eae sty son, and became quite seed Gsttie: -kidaaped.. Beverley! ted a telephone call “from a par-' His age did not deter him while ae eon tee ent Sa : settled he would have carried the |. wise and was followed by} Making Greece Independent Later in the afternoon, on in-| ready to advance capital for the dents of the long ago as well as/as earlier in the tended, would have been enor her campaign manager, Z. a the Greeks’ withdrawal! chapel of Lopez Funeral Home, Rev. George E. Summers. of First Methodist Church, officiating. Survivors the parents, Clyde Knight, and great-grandmother, Mrs. Celta ure grandfather. est Citsen tin attendance and rendered. sev- United States, seemed cheerful as the steamer Exilona neared its; Navy Hops Off For. Maneuvers this afternoon 5 o'clock from the} Key West, Florida, has the most. equable weather in the country;: with. an. average - range of only 14° Fahrenheit. PRICE FIVE CENTS [Insoll Arraigned But Refuses To Acknowledge::Jurisdiction ____Of Court; Witholds Any: Plea (MRS. B.CROKER {counsel “Challenges His | HEARD IN SPEBCH | Sime Os Steamer I j Turkish Harbor; Hopes | ATBAYVIEW PARK. Tait ates Hoe CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS IN FOURTH DISTRICT AD- gibt o cagy hag CHICAGO, May 11.—Samuel | 4 | DRESSES VOTERS IN INTER-! insull today refused to acknow!- | EST OF HER CANDIDACY | pedge jurisdiction of the United | States distriet court,.and uttered Mrs. Bula E. Croker, candidate| no plea to charges of violating the {for Congress from the Fourth. Dis. trict, addressed a' large, number’ of; act aed using the mails ivoters at Bayview Park, last night} fraudelently im selling. his com- © lin the interest of her candidacy. pany-atocks. ; The speaker was introduced by Dr. iWm. R. Warren, » The, American Brought from, the county. jail } Legion Drum-and Bugle Corps Was} go, hia foymal-arraignment before’ eral selections prior to the open-} Federal Judge Phillip Sullivan, ing of the meeting. the elderly prisoner remained Mrs, Croker spoke on many sub-| silent and aloof while his counsel jects dealing with her campaign. and stressed the matter of naval sntners = pion: suhenatan «ke seizure in the harbor of Istanbul limprovements and other govern- | ment activities for Key West, stat-jas illegal, and refusing to plead jing that she would, if elected,|him guilty or not guilty. spd at hat pstaees i é a His fellow defendants on a jmavy 5 a feo for the establishment of an: air{oenererey” charge, however, {field and other like projects. pleaded not guilty, and without The speaker said she was in}{discussing the value of Insull's hearty accord for having the sol-} contention, Judge. Sullivan post- dier’s bonus paid to those in-| none, st volved, and also favored a pen- pi 4 the Heating anid next Mee sion for all war veterans and oth- Secott ers who have concluded their life mepedcte ete EMER f usefulness bail today. of us S. = | Mrs. Croker made reference to ‘the pineapple canning factory in ANNOUNCE DEATH this city, saying that she would favor a measure for the reduction OF MRS. BEEHLER in, duties on pineapples coming i in[ | from Cuba in order that this. Mant DAUGHTER, | ae. RUDDOCK, DIES ALSO; BOTH WELL ; max ,he operated for, the full sea. KNOWN IN. KEY WEST Hi son of the year whereby employ-/ ment would be given to several’ hundred people. | | Among other things advocated; jwas the abolition of child labor, | greater endeavor toward states-} jmanship among higher government ‘ officials instead of their aim for! poltical prestige, more ‘employ- iment with a living wage for the! tpeople of the nation, and greater! 7 jefforts toward recovery with the > jrefure of presperity on every hand. i Mra. J. L. Watrous has been .ad- ivised of the death of Mrs, Stella Beehler Ruddock, at Long Beach, ;Calif., wife of Lieutenant Com- ‘mander Theodore D. Ruddock, Jr., gunnery officer of the U. 5. Bat- ‘tleship Nevada, and death of her mother, Mrs, L. 8. Beehler, a Mrs. Croker concluded her re-! ’ ‘marks by stating that if she wasi!¢™ days later, at AnSapolis. telected to congress that she would! Mrs. Beebler was called to her iride in. over the bridges, uow be-;“aughter’s side and after being ‘ing sought, on her next visit tofthere for a few days, left for 'Key West, j Annapolis, jeaving Mrs. Ruddock | acceso 3 much improved. Re- FIRST ‘FIRST FISHING Five days Jater Mrs, Beehler died jfrom a heart attack, | SHOWN To | HANDLED'IN JUDGE GUNn’s | commandant at the Key West } naval station, They and their sociated during the yeurs of their residence here, H APMINIOTRA TION —o Judge ftugh Gupn. today issued: ithe first fisning license which has/ been purchased in his office since! jhe has held the position of coun- ‘ty judge, i It was purchased by O. P. Mik. ell of Rewte Number 1, Box 1009, Miami, Fia., and grants permis-! [sion to the owner to catch fresh {water fish in the waters of Mon-! roe county, Florida, from May 11,) 11984, to May 10; S088: | BAINBRIDGE AND GOFF COME | Price of the license ix $10.25) {for non-residents and $1.26 for IN SOME TIME THIS residents, To avoid complications! ;the license carries the name of the TUS MORNING ‘purchaser, height, weight, color of! hair and eyes, as identification | characteristics, 'FERA PROJECTS HERE turning to Annapolis she was there Tout a short time when the death tof her daughter was announced. | Mra. Beebler was the widow of FIRST EVER the late Conimedore W. H. Beeh- jler, who, for several years, was ;children will be pleasantly remem- ibered by many Key West folk with whom they were closely a+ } -U. 8. Destroyers Bainbridge jand Goff arrived this morning ‘from Coban waters anf docked at i Pier B, pavaj station, for fuel oil. veel are expected to Temain im port entil Sunday mourn- ing 2 clock and will then mail to Vota the Pacifie Fleet at Gonaives, Activities on the only two FERA' Haiti, They are duc to join the Projects that were being carried janine May 15. ‘on were brought to a halt yesters' About the shme time or a little day on instractions received from |tster, the Destroyers Zane and W. OH. Green in . {Perry sre due in Key West where This was made necessary. it they will be based along with the was said, by a new budgeting pro-! jacob Jones and J. Pred Talbott. igram which is being put in effect STRAND THEATER and it will be but « short time be-/ fore work i« resamed. i Projects affected by the instrac- gg open in tions are the equariom and the; po li = smsper: community wstitation preject) Pay Wrey-Pen! Lukes in Countess Of Monte Cristo Matines; Balcony, 10¢; Orches- whieh was only resumed a) after being idle since May 3 when}: tra, 196-200; Night, 15-25¢ other projects. were decuationed. |