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

i © Dade and Collier counties is to be ne Associated Press Day Wiré , Service. ; | For 54 Years Devoted to thé Best Interests of Key Weét Key West, Florida, has the most equable weather in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit. PROVISIONS IN NATIONAL PARK” MATTER Representatives Of Florida » Foster Act For Preserva- tion “Of Fauna And Flora In Area - Preservation of the unique fauna and flora of the area which existing rights of the Seminole‘ In- dians which are riot in conflict with the purposes for which the park is created. . None of the land in: the area of the park which will be made up Dollar Stabilization’s The Goal; West Citizen From. Hurricane At.San Salvador _ The Plan: Buying, Selling Money/a8ualie KEY WEST, FLORIDA; MONDAY, JUNE 11, 1984, PRICE FIVE CENTS ated ‘At Two Thousand; Entire Section ROAD DEPT. T0 CONSIDER MANY . : : | | What will be the status of Flor-| VARIED SUBJECTS SUCH AS AVIATION, HIGHWAY AND “LANDING FIELDS TO BE Dis- ja in the event the majority of voters decide to vote for repeal of the’ prohibition laws in the elec- | S@USSED "AT! MEETING Ion of ‘Novémber 6, is the ques- DI FMAMJ SAS OND Back of the English pound stands the Bank of and, back of Uncle Sa: dollar the United States treasury, and the balance they strike on the of foreign exchange is of vital concern to both nations and the world. The accompanying chart shows the old price of the pound in dollars. Some of the events coinciding with points on the*chart are (1) Bank of England suspends gold pay- ments, (2) British equalization fund proposed, (3) U. S. bank moratorium and gold embargo de- clared, (4) President Roosevelt's gold buying policy. "CSs, of the Everglades of , Monroe, By RADER WINGET _, pump dollar “water” back into British fund as seen by Wall (By Associated Press) . | the barrel to raise the gauge level.' Street foreign exchange experts *\. purchased ‘by the United States,|/ NEW YORK, June 11.—Stabil- That financial et al da would’ includes ironing out minor fluctua- ii ' izatin the American doilar in be the sale of dollars. j tions in exchange value of the pat all land within the ares shall foreign exchange through a $2,-. .Baglish and American. “en-' pound, controlling major move- pep oy by pale Oy on cre, Bineers” — operating” the two! ments of the pound, increasing the vate donations, 000,000,000 fund is a task pre- Ci antic pumps, however) might! gold supply of the Bank of Eng- And it is also provided that no! 8enting uncharted problems in in- disagree on the level to “be set,! land, protecting the country from land will be accepted until all of | ternational finance. ; and one might pump dollar ‘snd flight of capital. i hile the other pumps it in.| When the fate of the Ameri it has been proffered to. the ar} Ina simple explanation of how out wi : | en ‘ate 0: ie American PER we the fund might work, the level of Then would follow the foreign ex-' g retary of the interior and has title tostnid Buber cbuld be used an. change war about Whishi#inanciers| fund was debated before - con established to the satisfaction of] ., example. Value of the dollar, and statesmen have hinted darkly. 8ress, some : _ the secretary, and exclusive juris-] would correspond to the water; British Operations Secret | that there would be a risk of los- diction over the“ entire: park area} level, and res goer this level, Such a ‘currency battle has| ing the entire fund in the market. _ Shall have been ceded by the State| would be the stabilization pump peen called “unlikely,” but lor example, the dollar price of Florida to the United States, | attached to.a $2,000,000,000 fund might ensue if either countey Souniel--islahiese -08-“wheen~ te will-not be any money expended| In aay action of foreign. ex- es ahs Pont hg U.S, Tund would purchase a mil- by the United States either for the) change trading the water level of ardtzed jocign Gale. lion pounds with five million dol- protection, administration or de- dollar value might become too; Greatest secrecy surrounds| !#*5- But the price of the pound velopment of the park lands untilj high and increase the reading on operation of the British fund, and/ might be $4 when the Atmerican five years from the date of ap-|the dollar price gauge, for in-' , ‘ F +. {fund decided to bolster it by sell- \ 0 accounting of its operation}~ sis proval shall have elapsed. “1 stanée, well above the old sterling’ ver haa beon made public jing the million pounds for four PG ey par of $4,86.° Such-a high level’ The English operate their fund) Million dollars, the market price. s would signalize depreciation of with assets derived from sale of; Thus Uncle Sam would mark up a : . : the dollar and tend to inflate treasury bills, If they want the loss of a million dollars. The re- a: domestic commodity prices. price of pounds to decrease, they! verse result would be possible too. rs LAST NIGHT Restoring The Level sell pounds. In selling they pur-| Sudden Demand Is Problem = So into action could come the; Chase dollars or gold or francs or, One of the first’ problems the z stabilization pump and withdraw, Some other monetary unit. That fund may face is return of fugi- FUNERAL SERVICES TO BE | dollar “water” from the barrel makes other monetary units tive American capital. When the 3 COND until the level comes nearer a de-' scarcer and pounds more plentiful| dollar appeared headed for in- Fed UCTED TOMORROW sired mark. The financial trans-| in the market place. | flation, capital fled to pounds or AFTERNOON action would be purchase of} The American fund, built from: francs. But with stabilization this American dollars with gold or| appreciation of gold holdings due; same capital may seek to return some foreign currency. i dollar devaluation, could op-|to American dollars. “Rot But the English also have a erate in the same manner. If! fice ai big ot Kio. Wace cet Stabilization fund of nearly $2,-| pounds were cheap—making dol-’ must be changed into dollar hold- To do this the foreign holdings! widely known citizens, died 8! e'elock last night at his residence at 1022 Catherine ‘street. - Puneral services will, be ;held to- morrow afternoon 4:30 o'clock from the . First. Baptist “church; 000,000,000, and they also might! lars dear—the fund could sell) ings, thus creating a tremendous, usé it to’ lower the dollar price| large amounts of dollar in foreign demand for dollars. Such a de-; the pound. ‘Jexehange, make the supply plenti-'! mand tends to boost prices, and, In that case the dollar level! ful, beat down the exchange value} the American. «stabilization ‘fund sink, below a point Amer-| of the dollar. | might have to throw large amounts authorities desire, and the Purpose Of British .Fund bof, dallang: on ithe market to keep’ of The tion’ frequently asked ©*4Speeiat to The Citizen) TALLAHASSEE,’ June‘ 11.—) Members of the’ Florida state road i department will consider such va- ‘On the date’ mentioned Florida will vote on amending the consti- ae x sat . tutional prohibition clause to per- ;tied subjects as aviation, highway jit jocal option on the question and landing field beautification,}of legalizing sales. It is under- | and the acquirement of 200 foot |St0d that as there were four coun- is vate . {ties wet when national prohibition |right of ways for principal traffic) went into effect, and Monroe wi | thoroughfares when they meet at/one of these, these four counties ‘Sebring this week, will automatically become wet if Chairman C. B. Treadway of; the yeas are in the majority. i In Eleven States \the department said that while | general routing business Liquor issues will come up in 11 ofthe de-| states this year: North Carolina, |partment would be considered at Mississippi, pant Carolina, Maine, ‘the meeing, considerable time! Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska, | Would be spent on the other sub-| South Dakota, West Virginia and Jets, all of which are compara-| Wyoming. 5 tively recent developments, lieeeete ~ ot renter ar “ sat . ; “The road department ‘is in' have statutory prohibition, nine ‘islature, of all state sponsored’ tional prohibition and one has con- ‘aviation activities,” the caairman *titutional prohibition alone. said. k. “Under supervision. of. the de. ‘partment, and through coopera-| ; tion of the federal government in} | the allotment of CWA and FERA! funds, the state has in the past ,six months spent, or is spending, al j total of $1,700,000 on airport | construction and airport improve- j ~ sreceene | ment, under the directfon of Maj. | A. B. MeMullen,” he continued. CUBA GOES RENO Beautification of these landing tification, whose members are; Coming Here j Leads The Nation fields and of state highways was} ead “This activity has progressed at | such a rate that Florida now leads | ,the nation in irfield develop-; ment,” the chairman said. | expected by Treadway to receive | THIRTY DAYS’ RESIDENCE IN considerable attention at the} meeting. ; REPUBLIC REQUIRED TO BE- “The road department main-; GOT tains a separate division of beau- saree en eee GIBILITY capable landscape engineers,” the chairman stated. “Through this medium, it is the hope of the de-| i i partment to pr. the here-! eigenen ical ee f tofore.,. regrettable: ugliness any easy by the enactment of a many roadsides and landing fields’ !aw in Cuba ‘which was recently North Dakotans will vote June {27 on an_ initiative measure to legalize the sale of liquor. statute at present prohibits sales. On July 10 Mississippi will act on a measure passed by the legis- lature providing for county liquor {stores. This will be a:special elec- tion, and state prohibition will be voted on at the same time, In South Carolina August 28 the voters of South Carolina will have the opportun- ity of advising the legislature Femether or not they desire priv- tilege of buying liquor as in the jolden days. . On September 10 Maine will vote on the proposition to repeal the prohibition clause in the state leonstitution; on November 6 Flor- ida, Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, West Virginia and Wyoming will decide questions of repeal or amendment of prohibi- tion clauses in their state consti. tations. | In Idaho, Wyoming and Kansas the vote will be on an amendme {to give the legislature power, after |December 31, to pass liquor. legis- lation. : In Nebraska, South Dakota and: economists warned charge now, under act of the leg- | have both statutory and constitu-| West Virginia the voters will de~ cide whether to retain prohibition clauses in the state constitutions. Relief For Official Visit Miss Florence Van _ Sickler, FERA Regional Supervisor of Re- lief, is expected to arrive over the {highway this evening from Miami H {for a business stay. | Accompanying Miss Van Sickler jwill be Mrs. C. Mathews, super- Weg of public health nursing in this district, and Misses Nannie 'Gayle Owen and Kathleen Ran- uras ‘Wiped Out, Five Hundred Dead Many Inquiries Relative To Status Burying Of Dead Said To Be Difficult Prob- lem; Destruction Seen On Every Hand A| (By Associated Press) SAN SALVADOR, June 11.—Relief workers today ‘estimated 2,000 © persons dead in the vicinity of San the disastrous hurricane. i The entire community of i Octoepequa, Honduras, was | wiped out, and 500 persons were drowned by a flood, {according to a radio report sent to the United Fruit Company headquarters at | Boston. | The Salvadorean Aircorps reported death and destruc- j tion over a wide area of that ; country, and whole towns destroyed by landslides. _ The west coast from La Libertad to La Union was worst hit, and villages were power at San Sal- vador has been restored and drinking water is available pe |. The burying of the dead jis being carried on fast as the army can get rescue workers into the stricken | settlements. Lakes Guija and Coate- ;Pequa overflowed their | banks and swept away every | vestige of civilization around | the shores. | The International Rail- been} dolph, who are Miss Van Sickler’s road of Central America was house guests. | washed out, and observers Another addition to the FERA) ted ‘ trai j forces in Key West is due to arrive! = “- lin this city about June 18, This. ide down several hundred ! will be a superior of Home Dem-| feet from where the moun- @eclock. Rev, —. Day will m the Key West Fire Depart- “hent of which ‘the deceased was! 2@r_many years a member. | ‘ eral arrangements are of the Lopez Funeral i ; VESSEL HAD BEEN ON DRY-: American stabilization fund could! The four-fold purpose , of . the| the price from rising too high. BACK IN PORT) PLANNING TO PUT |POLE; BROKEN ON CELEBRATION oer HAPPENED ON Irother, Jeseph Johnson, two sis-| OOCK AT MOBILE FOR =~ | CORNER OF MARGARET i ec tithactsh Seales aad veuibiche [FOURTH OF JULY FESTIVAL) Ue arETs pan poveere and wemerows | "TO BE GIVEN AT ATHLETIC) nieces and nephews, CLUB; VARIED PROGRAM | ' . | Steamship Cuba, of the P. and! ‘ JOSE VALDEZ TO 05° em, me 2! ooumen BE GIVEN HEARING — ident were evident this morning at * ! pemanen i ir i pte pte spe gor poe (Communicated) ithe corner of Margaret and Eaton 0. docks. | The Kappa Pi Y Club is plan-|streets in front of the Charles S. Jose Valdez, who is charged With non-support of his wife and minor children, will be given a in Mr. Johnson is survived by one Results of an automobile acci- The vessel had been in drydock "ine on celebrating Independence | Williams’ home. for overhaul and repairs prepara. | Day in a a aioe Sata boas One of the. poles. of the South- t a 1 5 e has; peel bedog Pa Se relia hides d arrangements for an all-'°™" Rell Telephone Company ~ ~ egel ae ogga York! aay Fourth of July festival at the broken im two just above the side- hearing before Rogelio Gomez, | about June 19. i Athletic Club that will prove a walk and withesses to the accident peace justice, tomorrow. A. R. Miller, superintendent of S0Urce of delight and amusement ' said an automobile crashed into it Valdex was living in Miami and/ the P. and 0. company, who went {Tom 10 a. m. until the wee hours | sortiy after 8 o'clock. was arrested there by Sheriff|to Mobile to supervise the work, of the next morning for Ke¥, The pole was replaced by em- K. 0. Thompson, who was in that | returned on the vessel. j Weaters. .ee- ver + ++++lploges of the company this morn- city the latter part of last week,| Steamship Florida arrived from) Speedboat Races jing. The name of the driver of and brought him to Key West last} Havana Saturday afternoon with| The features listed among the the car was given as Raymond wight over the highway, }109 passengers of whom 53 were various athletic and sport contests ' Stirrup. aliens. The vessel sailed for Tam-'are two speedboat races for which | ‘the Kappa Pi Y Club is offering; DIES FROM EXERTION (KAPPA PLY CLUB |AUTO: CAR STRIKES in the state.” signed by the president and is now | The road department has for| active. jsome time been working in full k% af ‘the law, which was | cooperation: with the beautifica- ad j \ tok commission of ‘the Florida|tead by The Citizen through the |State Chamber of Commerce, and jcourtesy of Cuban Consul Berardo ;with garden clubs and other or-| Rodriguez, was published in the |ganizations seeking general em-| ast issue of the National Gazette }ployment of beautification meas- ok Cotes ae j In it are set forth 18 causes wagleohass jwhich are considered reasonable “So far, our attempt to secure 1200 foot right of ways on prin-|grounds for divorce. Some of} At a well-attended meeting of: ' Key West Lodge No. 163, Knights} icipal thoroughfares through the|these are not usually presented in }state has met with signal suc-jthe courts in this country. jcess,” Treadway stated. “There/ The law applies to Cubans and have been but few cases where) For the latter all that landowners declined to give addi- sttangere, ‘tional space along the highways, is required is to establish residence | and it is anticipated that when the {0m the Island of Cubs for. 30 days ‘program is completed, the wider and at veka le for di \distances will prevaif generally.” resident is eligible to apply for di- | A committee appointed by the | Y°TC®- isory Planni It is expected that numbers of ee oa secaidouten tourists who have marital troubles plan to establish six or eight lane! the United States will — traffic roads to accommodate the Havana as the gosl — their ~ rapidly increasing motor travel fT riddance of the hindrance over the state by private and com-|their wedded bliss. mercial vehicles. ae vrs | “If and when Florida receives additional funds from the federal WHERE TO GO government for road construction, } eeedeeeeeeetsoooss additional highways will be built! TONIGHT @ onstration and Home Sanitation Work. She will occupy, it is qu jMounced, one of the cottages ‘in jthe Porter-Allen village. 'PYTHIAN LODGE NAMES OFFICERS of Pythians, held Friday evening, officers for the coming term were jelected as follows: | L. L. Higgs, Jr-—Chancellor ; Commander. J. Frazier Pinder—Vice-Chan- cellor. | W. P. Archer-——Preiate. | Jonathan Cates—Master of | Works. | J. Winfield Russell—Keeper of i Records and Seal. | Ulric Gwynn—Master of Fi- | nance. Millard B. Gibson-—Master “ | Exchequer. 3. Lennie Curry—Master of Arms. Chris. Knowles—inner Guard. | Murray Cochran—Outer Guard. tain track had been. Practically all agriculture in El Salvador was wiped out. ‘POLICE CHIEF HAS NEW AUTO | That dingy and dilapidated jlooking car which has been the [official vehicle for the chief of |police for many months has been |banithed to the society of other thas beens, Today Chief Ivan Eiwood is | driving his new V-5, which was authorized purchased at = recent imeeting of city council. The car jwas delivered Saturday sfternoen. |! STORM REPORT WASHINGTON, D. C., June 1), |1934.—Advisory 10 a. m.: } “Tropical disturbance central labout twenty-two-thirty north and west, ‘pa 6:30 o'clock, WA NTED }. Freighter Agwidale, of the trophies. Owners wishing to en-; }til that time, it will be necessary {Clyde-Mallory Steamship Com-jter their boats ate requested to MONETT. Mo.—To rap le us to live within our in | |pany, arrived this morning 6:30)see the racing committee: Lorie strate his physical fitness at 85,/which was laid out with the idea linn Yelock from New York with heavy Gutierres, Ismael Calleja and Joseph Juvenal lifted weights be-jof bringing the greatest good to| It Happened One Night emomvanted. ty rapes mad {shipments for Key West. The ves-' Anibal Armayor. ifore high school pupils in this|the greatest number of { Oe; ied in southwestern Gulf of sel. discharged and sailed 10; Efforts are being made to se-icity, then collapsed and died two! both residents and touriste—orer] a. Wea tkene fad omg |, Lon ages nuk teaeig tear tawae o’elock for Tampa and Mobile. | (Continued on Page Four) ‘hours later. ‘the state's highways.” and “Where Sinners Meet.’ tra, 15-20; Mexico teenie le ieee icone a ona THE DRINK THAT BECOMES A REFRESHMENT HABIT, WAGNER'S “PRIDE OF FLORIDA” Night.” Clark Gable-Cisudette Colbert ||between northwest and west-north. Palace—“Catherine the Great.” ; i Strand—“It Happened | STRAND THEATER i minety-four-thirty roving i lwest about cight miles per hour, BEER. RICH CREAMY FOAM, FINE FLAVOR. ONLY 10c EVERYWHERE