The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 31, 1934, Page 1

For 64 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LV. No. 181. Austrian Trouble Causes Many Nations Of Europe To Again ” Slaying Of Chancellor Dollfuss Brings His Country Into World- Wide Attention (ity Ansocigted Press) Exactly twenty years after the outbreak of, the World War, the “ mations of Europe again hear the sound of marching feet as Aus- tria’s (troubles make her the cen-|. ter of world-wide attention, cipitated by the untoward in- sident, which has stirred the en- tire world; has been confined © to Austria and along border, nevertheless the the situation is very evident with: riousness o! Hear Sound Of Marching Feet EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS WILL OPEN TOMCRROW WORK OF ‘ARTISTS AVERY JOHNSON AND STANLEY: WOODS WILL PE OPEN TO GENERAL PUBLIC. Artists Avery Johnson and Stan- ley Weods will be on view to the: public. For the past ‘several days these! artists have’ been at work on the; f mural decorations at the chamber} {of commerce and have completed} jthe work in readiness for the Premier Mussolini having a wast] opening. army of fifty-thousand soldi. stationed right: at the border line! for any eventuality that may happen, ready. to move in on a! moment's notice. Mussolini has made. an open statement that in the event that’ the situation reaches a point where Austrian troops cannot con- trol matters, that he will im: mediately carry his men into Aus. |. tria in protection of that country, acting as a protectorate in the disturbed conditions that have Preyailed for the past. week... fol-’ lowing the slaying of the chan- cellor. Many of the other larger powers! of Europe have entered into eibatt speculation over the situation s i All of the scenes which have’ | been produced since the comin, ,of Mr. Johnson and Mr. Woods; ‘at the invitation of the FERA will! jbe on display and Key Westers® | are promised a rare treat. The pictures will be hung in io morning and in! readiness! | for viewing by the Sisters of The! Holy Names from the Convent of Mary Immaculate who were invited by administration officials for a preview of the works of , these distinguished artists, This will be held at 10 o’clock; as the most convenient hour for; the Sisters to go. Afterward the; gallery will be closed and again opened at 2 o’clock for the Peseoret public, ‘MRS. EL. PIERCE: - DIES THIS MORNING: now prevails in Austrian Reohay, ; with scattered fighting reported | daily in many quarters, although, the conflicts have all been of ai minor nature, Recent statistics compiled rela- * FUNERAL ‘SERVICES WILL BE | CONDUCTED TOMORROW | AFTERNOON t tive to Europe’s fighting forces, | including active, trained \reserve and separate air forces, show that Russia tops the list with combined forces of 16,210,000. Next in line comes France with 6,952,213, Italy third with 6,- 495,535, Poland fourth, having 2,- 047,035, Units of other countries Czechoslovakia, 1,647,00 many, 1,100,500; Rumani: 827; Belgium, 584,224; Britain, 529,708; Hungary, 800; Austria, 30,000, garia, 33,000, are: G , 1,600.- Great 35.- THIEF RETURNS MONEY LAPORTE, Ind.—Because _ his conscience troubled him, a thief} daughter, Miss ahd Bul-; Pierce is a member. Mrs. Ellen Louise Pierce, 58 morning in the home at 807 Flem- ing street. Funeral services will be held 5 | o’elock tomorrow afternoon from! activities with the company Fleming Street Methodist church} 2 o’clock, Rev, Shuler Peele will officiate. . Pallbearers will ..be from Tiger Tail Tribe 19, Improv- ed Order Red Men, of which Mr. The tribe will attend in a body. Lopez Funeral Home will be in; | charge of arrangements. |, Mrss Pierce is survived by her husband, George Pierce; Camille Pierce; ‘Tomorrow afternoon, 2 o’clock,! ‘the exhibitionof ‘magnificent! While Fighting thus far pre-|P#intings~ fromthe “brushes of tay dying he asked that one of his) years old, died 4:45 o'clock this] where the body will be placed at! selected} one} est Citizen KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, JULY 31, 1934. Key West, Florida, has the most equable weather in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit. PRICE FIVE CENTS TESTIMONY IN DOLLFUSS CASE IS STARTLING MANY DIFFERENT ANGLES} ARE SEEN FOLLOWING} COURTMARTIAL PROCEED- INGS i i | i (ty Associated Press) 1 VIENNA, July 31.—Equally as) startling as the testimony given} last night in the courtmartial pro-| ceedings in the assassination of Chancellor Dolifuss, was the state-| misats cf Emil Fey, former chan-| cellor and a member of the Doll-} juss government, that as Dollfuss Dr. Rintelen, be asked to | political opponents, Anton) restore | peace to Austria. Otto Planetta, the disgruntled! | former sergeant of the Austrian| army, was accused of the actual’ | slaying of the chancellor, ilis com-| |panion, Franz Hoizwever, was; charged with being leader of the| | ill-fated putsch, The testimony these two gave! indicated the death of Dr. Dollfuss | was a clumsy accident which cli-| ‘maxed a bungled insurrection, both having sworn their instruc- { tions from a “higher up” were to! j abstain rigidly from all violence! and to make every effort to keep the putsch on a “legal basis.” ; Planetta surprised the court by} | Stating that he had his pistol | : trained on another person and that | ia jolt of his elbow thrust the! weapon in the direction of the lit- {tle chancellor. “When I turned, to see what had happened, I saw the chancellor had been» struck," | he stated, i ‘CAPTAIN ROBERTS | TO RESUME DUTY j Wit. REENTER shawnee! WITH FERRY SYSTEM TOMORROW } { Veral Roberts, captain with the; ; Monroe County Ferry System, [who has been out of service for! 5 | about two months, will resume his t to-t morrow. About eight weeks ago Captain | ‘ Roberts found it necessary to con-| i sult a physician relative to his: physical condition. He was advis-} }ed that an operation was neces-} sary. | ! This he consented to undergo| | and was operated on at the Marine hospital where he remained for | about six weeks before he was al-, | lowed to return to his home. | | His many friends in Key West, j and the traveling public will wel- of this city, returned the $140 he| two sisters, Mrs. Hezekiah Carey,} come the genial captain back to stole from a home ,with the fol-} of Miami; Mrs. Emma lowing note: “I’m not a thief. can't keep the money,” Knowles, Key West; one brother, Willie; Knowles. Key West To Have Hospitality League To Look After Tourists Key West is to have a Hospital. ity League. This will be made up ef about thirty represen’ women to act as hosts OPENING TOMORROW Traviola Night Club 801 DUVAL STREET Under the management of MISS JANE POWELL, Lady Hostess and hostesses to the visitors who | j are already coming to the city. This committee of 30 will *! broken up into smaller commit-| | tees, each having specific duties. | There will be a subcommittee on j housing, arranging sight seeing! | trips for tourists and entertain- } ment. ! The primary function of the | league will be to make the stay ‘of tourists as comfortable and de- | lightful as possible. The league | will elect its own officers and will} tember 1 by the Destroyer Taylor) ones ' act in close cooperation with the | administration. A special subcommittee wi!! be | formed to meet visitors at the rail- {read and steamboat stations. In {the near future it is intended to have an information booth placed at the station, ‘ be j his peace onthe on the ferry bridge. | | ZANE AND PERRY SAIL YESTERDAY , ! DETACHED FROM SQUADRON: | OPERATING IN SURROUND. | i ING WATERS Destroyers Zane and Perry! sailed 5:50 o’clock yesterday aft-! ernoon from Key We: These vessels have been detached from {the squadron operating in the {waters between Cuba and Key | Wrest and have been assigned to duty with the battle fleet. | The Destroyer J. Fred Talbott, | iwhich is due in port in a few days, will be relieved about Sep-! jwhich has been assigned to duty) jat Key West. Lieutenant Commander George T. Howard is in command of the! Taylor, and is well known to a; inumber of Key West people as he last year, | for rehabilitation. Governor Dave Sholtz of Florida is congratulated by | right: Rufus C. Dawes, president of A Century of Progress,| Tracy, “Street Singer” of Radio fame; Gov. Sholtz, and Mr. Dawes. The dedication of the gardens and | ‘hibit f the Florida celebrati it th ir | exhibit was part of the rida c ration at the Fai | July 26, 1832. following the dedication of the Florida state’ exhibit at the 1934 World’s Fair on Friday; July 20. Left to | i i { t | Michael Sholtz, the governor’s father; Arthur | Judse Browne Designates Board To Count Votes In Two Precincts — In Investigation Alleged Fraud Mayor Wm. H. Malone, William. L. Bintes and Bascom L. Grooms wate today designated by Judge | Jeflerson B. Browne to count the | votes in the Fifth and Sevégth Precincts cast in the second pri- mary election for the office of state senator. The order for a count of the | votes and designating the tellers wag, issued by Judge Browne in chambers this morning following the ‘presentation of a petition by County; Solicitor. J. F, Busto, who jis conducting an investigation of alleged. frauds and law violations in thé recent primaries in Monroe and other counties in the state, under inStructions from Governor | Dave: Sholtz. Wihiain B. Curry, an inspector in the Fifth ‘Precinct, was sub-j peenaed yesterday by the county solicitor and -was, as ‘a witne: the state;-placed under oath and examihed for one hour behind} closed. doors by the solicitor. What the results of the examin- ation were, or whether he gained information that would sub- stantiate the allegations of fraud, Mr. Busto refused to state, nor would he make any comment on the situation up to date. Another step was taken by Mr. Busto when he again asked to be allowed to examine the books of County Glerk Ross C. Sawy matters pertaining to the and Second Primaries, 04 any yon First Rehabilitation Of Homes In FERA Application for the home re- habilitation project in connec- tion with the volunteer work corps will be accepted at the FERA headquarters on Wednes- day, tomorrow, morning August 1, was an announcement made to- i day by B. M. Duncan, Key West administrator. Rehabilitation of 50 homes will begin immediately. For the pres- | ent, only those homes in which re- lief clients live will be accepted Preference will | be given to those who first volun- teered in the work corps. Mr. Dunean stated that all ap- plications will be accepted work on houses progress a ily as possible. Material will furnished by the FERA an and agreement consummated with the landlords whereby the tenants, who work on the rehabilitation of and beautification of grounds will receive credit in rent. This home rehabilitation pro- gram is the first of a series of a comprehensive plan for the re- ‘JULIUS STONE and! jtrend of events ‘and is satisfied that all making Key West an outstanding} tourist resort. All persons making application their rehabilitated to have home: in the best possible shape eeie Any relative to work or any it and put are requested to report to Turnage, at headquarters, question of will be phase answered by him. GOES TO MIAMI ADMINISTRATOR OF FERA WELL PLEASED WITH AC- TIVITIES IN KEY WEST ministrator of the FERA, who was Julius Stone, Jr., Florida ad spending a a vacation 1 s West, part of in Key and working a good time, over Miami, tone. th ani left norning do by Mr Before leavin » administra- tor said he expected to return in about three weeks, as he was an- xious to keep in touch with the and the progress | projects. sed himself as pleas- of the sev He e ed with the progress made so far of “the plans for the rehabilitation of Key. was here during the early fall of|habilitation and beautification of, West will be carried to conclusion, | the city with the ultimate aim of} with the assistance of the people. | BRINGS IN CARGO | arrived 7 Program Will Begin Immediately, PARROTT CARRIES _ VALUABLE ‘CARGO’ SPECIE FOR CUBAN GOVERN-| MENT SHIPPED THROUGH KEY WEST YESTERDAY Two more express cars with specie for the Cuban governmen’ arrived over the East Coast y terday and were sent. to, Hayan: on the’ Ferry Parrott last night. | During the past several months there have been six of these ex-/ press cars going to Cuba _ with specie for the Cuban treasu While the contents of the cars are never given out it is understood that each shipment was valued at} j from $250,000 to $500,000. j { | STEAMER MALLORY, } of the Lines, Steamship H. R. Clyde-Mallory Steamship 7:30 o'clock last from Galveston with freight West. After discharging the Mallory, night for Key ship took on a large cargo of sea food pre-; and} 40 o'clock. for Charleston New York. Ferry ast duets, live turtle and sponge ail and Parrott, of the Ferry of Florida| \ } Coast Railway com- pany, arrived yesterday afternoon from Havana with 12: mail, baggage and “11 miscel- | | Janeous cars. i Approximately 3,000 ‘people have enrolled in the voluntary work corps to date, which is ap- proximately 75 percent of the available number. This, of course, means those between 18 and 65 ' years of age. To make this enrollment 100 percent, B. M. Duncan, adm trator, has decided to extend the KODAK FILMS Large stock of all sizes now on hand Gardner’s Pharmacy Phone 177 Free. Delivery i | habilitation of Key West,” | Robert Hamilton McDowell, known |he is just 102 years old. | preferred the Methodist | having it end July 31, Administration Will Abandon Certain Practices Considered Distasteful To Congress Unit |MAN 102 YEARS | OLD WOULD HELP REHABILITATION ROBERT H. ISTRANT ON VOLUNTARY CORPS LIST “I want to in the re- said help in Key West as Robert E. Hamil- ton, who is the oldest registrant on the lists of the volunteer work corps. And well he might be the oldest one who has enrolled to date as He was born at Yarmouth, Nova “T am willing and } able to do my share and I can do lit,” he said. This willing worker made the number of workers registering up to the time his name was inscribed {on the list 2,738. He has been! followed by 207 others which The names of the latest regis- trants are, as usual publishec page 3 of this issue of The zen, COLLEGE UNITS RELIGIOUS LOT, STATISTICS ON SUBJECT; COMPILED AT TALLA. HASSEE SCHOOL (Special to he Citizen) TALLAHASSEE, July 31 Summer school students at Flor ida State College for Women are as a whole a pretty religious lot, patcs just rele the istrar’s office show. "Out of the 712 students regis tered for the 43 failed to report any church pref. erence. Over one-third of the remaining 669 students, or 2 Church, while 211 student ted a pref erence for the Baptist The Presbyterian and Churches followed with 76 and 74 tudents respectively Other churches and the of student preferences Catholic, 25; Christian Church of Chri 6; Congregation Jew 6; Lutheran, 4; Seventh Day Advent, 4, and Latter Day Saints, Unitarian, Pentecostal and Univer salist, 1 each. from session, only Episcona number follow Scienc Chri 12; tian, ish, period of enlistment in the work corps another week instead of as was first intended. Discussing “Wh program, aid ile our we tend the week other who have not as opportunity Enroll at FERA Key West lieved by of percent o completed week extens McDOWELL SHOWN TO BE OLDEST REG-! Scotia! i a Leaders Devising | i fi ' } | i ON charge committees fre Citi-| consideration of bills were some scheme to clamp down Way To Bring About New Rules Pertaining To Proceedings (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, July 31.—Ad- ministration leaders are quietly | going about the task of devising on recalcitrant members of the house in the next congress. discuss what course they will take to ac- complish their purpose, but there They’re reluctant to that something must be done to | Prevent repetition of the way the administration was bedevilled at times in the last cong Thought is concentrated _prin- cipally on a house vehicle known as the discharge rule—the provi- sion which permits 145 members to force a vote on any bill. War has been declared openly on this rule by administration leaders and an effort will be made | brings the list up to 2,945 pe rsbns; either to kill it or extract some of | with a total of 51,412 hours of | work pledged weekly. its teeth. They’ve had enough of it, ‘Showdown’ Votes Unwanted No less than 31 motions to di fu {in the house during the last | seventy-fourth congres FERA Extends Period For Enlisting : In Key West Voluntary Work Corps | gress. Of these, six were ents jon the calendar of such me pwhile the GRU 25 did nat recer a sufficient number of signatur: Of the six petitions whieh re ceived the required 145 signatures two prevailed and the other fou remained on the discharge sion ended $s will be satisfied they can force a revision of the rule in the next eongres: at least one-half of membership of 435 to sign a tion to If the able to accomplish this the lieve they can keep the in hand There part to ‘orce a vote is no di run th position on risk " job of present translating mueh ew legisiat law will t th to permanent tempted, »wdown of embarra vote wh Chureh. | © Bonus An Example Perhaps the be examph how ublesome the to the bill rule be can leaders wa bonu forced te sistent crusading congressmen w the fo cause Speaker Ra Floor Leader were red “WHERE TO co ee eeeececoecees TONK HT TOMORROW —_———— MONROE THEATER ONE 15 Gt Matinee: Balcony 15-20¢; Nigh tra, IT TAKES YEARS OF EXPERIENCE TO PERFECT A BEER FORMULA LIKE THAT OF WAGNER'S “PRIDE OF FLORIDA.” HIGHEST QUALITY, BEST FLAV®