The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 1, 1934, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service. For 6a Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LV. No. 182. Federal Agents ‘Warming Up’ For Great War On Gangsters| "5; ecrion FRAUDS United States Department! J. GERRY CURTIS Of Justice Bases Drive J§ RESTORED TO On Centralization And, FORMER POSITION FINISH COUNTING Pee aewttis, U-Fated Steamer Valbanera As FINDINGS FOLLOWING PRi CEDURE ORDERED BY COURT NOT MADE KNOWN BY SOLICITOR O- | QUIET RESTORED TO CONSID.) ~The Key West Citizen KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1934. ‘Writer Picks Fort Jefferson And TENSE SITUATION AROUND AUSTRIA | | MUCH IMPROVED Subjects For Newspaper Article ERABLE EXTENT SINCE) HANGING OF TWO ror| GRAND EXHIBIT sh Ship Valbanera. DOLLFUSS’ SLAYING i OF P AINTINGS | Richard Haliburton, well known } | author and writer, who was in, It is the writer's intention to} sit the location where the sink-| t. | Key West for a brief stay, left on| i7# of the Spa | | occurred in the 1919 hurricane, | Considered One Of Most Important Groups Ever ORDER BY SUPREME (My Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.—Cen- ‘COURT; PROPOSES TO CON- TINUE WORK HERE traliaation and secrecy are =| garded by John Edgar Hoover, di- tector of criminal ation for the department of justice, as pre BROUGHT ABOUT IN J. Gerry Curtis, «director of twe major factors in the success | beautification and recreation for| Bates, calling the federal iad | the FERA in Region 11, Key West aay bye PO Monroe county, was seealted directly in the sliminas elated yesterday on rec -¢ Hee of Joke Dillinger as Public he had been restored to his position Enemy No, 1, he stated. tee f “We received hundreds state supreme court. during the four and a half bafevay Mr. Curtis was discharged Sep- | tember 16, 1931, by Dr. J. W. ‘we Were looking for Dillinger,” | rr | Shisler, welfare director, who ee cumber: of allegations were cleared through H : ! spina against the park superintendent | ington office, relative to his conduct of the of- jas Miami: Park superintendent by} i Counting the ballots in the Fifth and Seventh precincts of; Monroe county, which were cast in the Second Primary, was con cluded this afternoon, =» The count was made by W. L.| votes, with, Bascom. L, Grooms and Mayor! Wm. H, Malone checking and was} out of circuit: court yesterday by, | Judge Jefferson B, Browne. | County Solicitor J. F. Busto,/ } who: is investigating alleged elec-| tion frauds in this county under} | instructions from Governor Dave, \ Sholtz, petitioned the court yes-/ terday to issue the order to count’ ; the ballots in the two precincts! “When our office in New York i named and within a short time the | | fice, ot Les Angeles or anywhere else! The dicision of the supreme feeeived advice on Dillinger’s! court affirmed a ruling of Dade! “wheresbeuts, the tips were sent) County Circuit Court, which on and relayed to the office April 4, 1933, ordered that Mr. Cc urtis be restored to his position the place he wes supposed and that he be paid back salary. | Before leaving yesterday for ie the fastest and least Miumi to be restored he said he ‘eepemeive way to do it,” the di-\ would immediately after being re- turned to his duties tender his resignation and return to Key West to continue his work o of direction. pcautification and park construc. Semetions goes even further than tion under the FERA, thet. Ip big cases, Hoover di-, res svt, tome SIDNEY FRANKLIN on the basis of telephonic reports Tee eave wii! GOES TO HAVANA | Phonic touch with men out on the: ee | job He hae @ private line strang) FAMOUS AMERICAN.SPANISH | the department building to! Bie house so he ean be reached at! home day or night. Sifting the Dillinger tips which! ame te the department required | I ‘tiene. Sidney Franklin, famous Amer-! couldn't afford to over-| ican-Spanish matador, who was MATADOR WAS SPEND- ING FEW DAYS HERE ‘held tonight in : i we get a8 many a8 ® ot the Airway Apartments, ‘eft » All were checked.” yesterday for Havana, accom! experts often have €X- panied by his brother-in- Wonder at the amount of sister, Mr. and Mrs, Frank Hirsch, the 480 men in the division My, Franklin will remain i iH by the last congress time motoring to parts of the is- corrected the lack of person- jand in his car, which he shipped | part. About 30 recruits! on the boat, and for several days report for duty within a) will enjoy fishing with his friend| ve. H Tiif ” be has fn Secrecy — Returning, the party will stop| All will go through the divi- for a few days in Key West and| tenting school in crime de- then motor through the southern! teetion and will be given training states eventually. landing in Mex-' ty markemanship at one of the ico and from: there Mr. Franklin! nearby army posts. Then they, wilhembark for Spain. 5 eH be sent out on the crime) -One of the main objects of Mr.! front. | Franklin's visit to Cuba, is to, meet | Hoover shifts hix men from of-{ Cuban gbyernnient official: | fice te office about every twordnd discuss the proposition of es-| Peers, This, he explains, gives tablishing bull fighting on ‘the thee: ae “adaptable” attitude. _. |land during the: tourist season. — | Movements of the tives’ This matter has been discussed | are cloaked in secrecy. at intervals during the past sever- ‘The Kidnapping of Charles Boett-| a] years, and the famous matador cher, TI, of Denver wax an object believes he has a proposition which | femsen for federal agents. Boett-| will be acceptable to the govern-} cher helped locate the hideout of, ment of Cuba. the Kidnapers by recalling the ap-' He and his party. expressed de-| proximate time he heard an air-| light over their visit to Key West plane pare overhead while he was! and will Igok forward to other! held prisoner. visits. i Im every abduction case after that, Hoover says, kidnapers stuf-; Oe SoS 7 SS Work Of Tearing Tt hax been indicated Hoover feels something was said or done! in connection with the Dillirger | affair which may have repercus-; sions later. H “if I'd had my way about the whole thing.” he says, “I'd have’ and cr: issued a simple one-wentence state-' a ment: ‘John Sek erretem wa and killed by s i Cheage last night at 10:40 p. m. and then rung the curtain down and forgotten it.” MONROE THEATER Shirley Temple in LITTLE MISS MARKER Comedies and News Matinee: Baleony, 10c; Orches- tra, 15-20c; Night, 15-25¢ i ig down the coal s on Pier B at the naval started this morning by a force of workmen from the |W. M. Si | ham, Ala. man, arrived over the highway , last evening and early this morn- , ing the dismantling process was ; Started and is well under way this | afternoon. WAGNER'S “PRIDE OF FLORIDA” BEER HAS QUALITY AND TASTE! YOU WILL TAKE NO CHANCE WHEN YOU CALL FOR IT | Clerk Ross C. one.” Hoover said.’ spending a few days in Key West! jaw and; A war chest of $2- Cuba about 10 days, part of the; NEW FEATURES Ernest Hemingway. i | of possible danger to her dwelling | ith company of pees The men, in charge of a for =| | judge issued the order. Asked what was the result of | the count Mr. Busto said that only | the votes cast in the race for state ; senator were counted but at this : time’ he would not say anything ; relative to the results obtained. { It is possible that the county solicitor will question Tax Col tor Frank H. Ladd tomorrow, rela- tive to the sale of poll taxes and ; the manner in which the certif- | ieates are purchased and issued. Skuienes' cc" FERA Unit Inaugurates Campaign For Eradication Ot Mosquitoes it is of a chartered launch last night for Tortugas. | Mr. Haliburton has been com- missioned to write a series of | stories on varied subjects for | and Fort) Jefferson forms the background néWspaper syndicate, for one of them. Elimination of mosquitoes is one of the major projects now be- ing carried on under the super- vision and direction of S. D. Mac- Board Health and acting chief of of the Key ready, of the State sani m department in West, under the FERA. In a statement made today Mr. Macready said “one of the most important phases of sanitary work is mosquito control. In Key West paramount importance, ‘and will be considered as such in | the operation of the First regular meeting of the {board of county commissioners for the month of August will be the office of Sawyer, at the ‘county court house. Regular rou- tine matters are scheduled for consideration. Friday night another meeting will be held to take final action) on the 1934-35 tax rolls. Matters } pertaining to the budget will also pbe discussed. IN SUNDAY STAR In the Key West Sunday Star’s welcome edition to the National Guards on their encampment here of the 265th Regiment August 5.) you iwill, find; STAR jstpries and } | timely “and constructive editorials. | breeds in open A poet’s corner, limerick con-) test. The Conch Observes, Gos-} siping Girlie, Oscar Pita’s column “Star Sport Briefs,” Key West Knock-About,fare regular fea- tures in'The Sunday Star. DIES FROM SHOCK EDEN, N. Y.—When a passing; motorist awoke her to warn her from a nearby building, Mrs, James Comiti of this city suffered | a heart attack from which shet died. | Down Coal Sheds: At Navy Yard Began This Morning sheds! This equipment was purchased} ome time ago by the i ‘while the buckets and other mov-| compa {ing adjuncts and equipment was | purchased by the S. F. McKinney |company. These buckets were] shipped to Jacksonville la8t week] on a vessel of the Clyde-Mallory | Lines f H It is expected that the rasing| will take about three weeks and| | the metal be ready for shipment! ;at that time. It is understood | that the moving equipment, which! | is the property of the McKinney, company, will be handled by the} salvagers of the Smith ponerse local sani- tary department. shown Aedes! have the “Investigations conclusively that i fi Aegypti, commonly known as the carrier of both yellow and dengue fever, is, present locally in num- bers large enough to constitute a real menace to health. Of course this mosquito must first become infected by biting a person suf- fering with either one of the two diseases mentioned before the in- fection can be passed on to another. { “To the best. of our knowledge there is no yellow and no dengue fever in this city. We do know, however, from information re- cently received that some dengue! fever has appeared at a point on the mainland where it can be) very readily introduced into Key | West unless the utmost precau- tions are taken. When the Aedes Aegypti mosquito is eliminated, | the danger of infection locally is | eliminated. Breeding Places “The Aedes Aegypti mosquito erns, tin cans, | rain barrels, etc., in our back | yards. Due to the fact that wej have become lax about these mat-| in Key West, breeding in quantities has been noted expecting to see some part of the: vessel where it rests in the re sands at Half Moon Key. ; Mr. Hi to Key West tomorrow and on! iburton plans to return Friday will leave on the Steamship} Cuba to secure more material for, his feature articles and stories. (pp Vie ieee i | by the inspectors representing } this department. As the breed-| ing places are found they are eli- | minated. In the case of cis in daily use, the remedy i: apply a small quantity of keros to the s will not impair the water for use, | but will definitely kill the mo: quito larvae. The larvae must} come to the surface to breathe; frequently for air. The film of oil prevents them doing this sue- ce! lly, and death occurs. ; sterns which have been abandoned should of course be} filled or otherwise destroyed so! that they will not hold water, | Cans, bottles, or other receptacles | which hold water should not cleaned up, placed outside and be] ready to be hauled away by city trucks, | Ask Cooperation | “Privies should be made fly-{ proof. When they are mosquitoes | cannot gain access for egg laying. | This is the point to remember— mosquitoes breed only in standing | water. If this is kept in mind eli-} mination of them should not be; found difficult. We will expect rs, after receiving the! ructions from the pectors, to treat thei own cisterns, privies and keep premises free from rubbish. “The nitary department has created! a special mosquito con- trol crew whose duty it shall be to treat all abandoned mosquito breeding places, cistern and ponds in the cong of the city, privies | This crew has been i working now for several days, Al-| S08 ready, approximately 200 such! places have been put under con-, trol. This work will continue just as long as the need for it is apparent. Residents must co- operate, however, if the program; is to be successful. } “ Scatter the Skeeter’ should | be our motto from now on. Any-t body wishing further information! or guidance may call‘the sanitary} department at the city’ hall.” | Key West “Goes Over The Top” | In Voluntary Corps Enrollment Officials of the FERA said this; morning the voluntary work corps quota was nearly completed, but there were still some names to be! added to make up an savoltisea| of approximately 100 per cent of | those eligible. The response to the call for! volunteers has been exactly wha one official After meeting with a number was expected, said of people from all walks of life getting their views on the re- habilitation plans. the voluntary i work corps movement was te Belief in the success of the was based on the statements of! hundreds of people who had said! they would be willing to do all possible to aid in the great work and in the event volunteers were needed would gladly sign up. Now it seems that the 100 per| i cent will be signed up before the expiration of the extension of sterday by| administrator one week announced } B, M. Duncan, in! this region as the list for today! carries the names of 430 persons with 5,757 hours pledged. This brings the total of names} on the enrollment books to : and the 169. A's today is pledged hours total 57,- usual the list of names: printed on page 3 of this’ issne 1 Citizen, WHERE TO G “Little Miss Marker.” —‘‘Love Past Thirty.’ Monr e Pal TOMORROW Monroe—“Let’s Try Again. Palace—“Love Past Thirty. | sted part| , white (By Awsocinted Press) VIENNA, Aug. 1.—As a result of the hanging of two Nazis, Franz Holzweber and Otto Plan- etta, accused of implication | ling Chancellor Engelbert Doll-; fuss, quiet was restored to a con-! | siderable extent among the forces) the incident happened just a week ago. | OPENED TODAY | } | 1 WORK OF TWO ARTISTS decorations there is being display led today at the rooms of the cham- ber of commerce a collection of beautiful paintings by BEAUTIFUL COLLECTION sel BE SEEN IN ROOMS OF | CHAMBER OF COMMERCE; | ,ioners jand cars” are en route \ Against a background of mural! United States to wind up « quest that have been in conflict since} Stanley! Chinese Experts Being Sent To United States On Quest For Latest In War Machines Having Been Sent Out On Mission (Ny Associates Press) SHANGHAI, Aug. 1.—Commic. whom Generals | Chiang Kai-Shek calle “his eyes } te the for the best the world can offer in war and transport machines. “The Chinese government's mili- The account ‘of their execution| Woods and Avery Johnson of the; t@ry and communications inquiry lips. Holzweber, convicted of high treason as the leader of the revolt in which Dollfuss died, also shout- :ed, “I die for Germany.” \ declared that the Nazis died with! pera. ! the shout, “Heil, Hitler” on their All of the paintings, numbering ' 25, are of scenes in Key West and Tortugas and are for the part reproductions of struct ; A number of them are of fruit and most ion” is the official tithe of [the bedy, considered one of the most important groups this coun . try ever has sent abroad. Its 22 experts undertook The two were hanged after the: flowers which grow profusely in, mission when Marshall Chiang their conviction martial. It required 13 minutes for the hangman’s rope to strangle Ho!z- weber, and Planetta’s heart stop- by the court- , ped beating after 11 minutes. They, were two of the 144 men arrested after the raid on the fed- eral chancellery. The government of Kurt von Schusehnigg, Dollfuss’ successor, has ordered the others placed in be | Concentration camps at hard labor. | allowed to gather but should be | Their property will be confiscated. | FERA INSIGNIA ON VESSEL DISPLAYS “BLUE EAGLE” IN VOLUNTARY WORK PROGRAM On gala occasions vessels of the P. and O. S. S. company are dec- orated with flags and — buntings. P) Yesterday when the Cuba sailed,’ nell streets, tomorrow the ship was decorated but not ERA insignia. In different parts of the vessel | were seen the the FERA “Blue ped hands of jagle”, the crew, 100 percent had enlisted for the vol tary work corps. There were 75 of these cards displayed. ing tl y-| wear of the water. This! prescribed three hours following] this city. One of the most striking of | these studies is that of a night ‘ blooming cereus, cereus grandiflor- !us, which is the work of Sts y | Woods and is a remarkable study jof this beautiful product of the | cactus family. ; The exhibit was opened thi morning for the purpose of allow- ing the Sisters of the Holy Names from the Convent of Mary Imm: ulate a preview of the stud This afternoon the rooms were | opened to the public and wilf be j opened at 2 o'clock, every after- | noon for the next two weeks, Ss. THURSDAY NIGHT Captain Leah Hartley, in charge !of Salvation Army activities in !Key West, requests The Citizen to announce that there will be a Chinese lecture given at the army hall, corner of Fleming and Grin- evening, | beginning at 8 o'clock, by Mis ‘with flags or bunting, but with! Williamson, who is also a member of the local corps. what = she what she on her wedding day and why |she loves her mother-in-law. are ; Some of the questions that will be answered by Miss Williamson i during her talk. eal | Many Residents Urge White Way | Be Turned On Saturday Nights To Enliven Main Thoroughfare The busy scenes enacted on Duval street Saturday night past, when one since pre-depression days turned what may be termed an “FERA Parade,” out in resulting from new life having been taken on by the inhabitants in their entirety as the result of considerable more money being placed in circulation, bqought forth many suggestions from residents and others that the way be turned on in. the future on Saturday nights at least, which they claimed was the only thing lacking towards en- livening the main jthoroughfare. A prominent the would small for one during which tim people do their shopping, was said that with eac stated that illumination be com night, a amount t that the y taken care of. could be of the largest crowds; proposition Donations from individuals, if necessary, would also be vers cceptable, it As the merchant 1 ones was shown. to profit in the wa | additional from lat crowds, those discussing the n ter little iter over by making the id that there should be ver trouble in putting the mat ne wr collections, provided would voiunteer to | ment to have it placec Judging from the vast that are now seen on Duve Saturday night Key st's rehab was inaugur houses eviden much greater volun ral remarke The Ww increased inste said another destrians shows, visiti and the lik increased automobile traffic, | May. }cided that China must have » ern tools of war and communica tions. Each of the investigators is eager to bring back somethir startling. The delegation left here Italy was the first ¢ nation and after that Germany, France and were on the itinerary. vestigators are expected rive in the United States time this month. The major portion of time is to be spent im Ame They have been assured that governmept and privete incdugir will show them everythin to be seen in the states intend to skim th America’s achiever tes fields in whieh th ested. General Heads Delegation All sorts of military will be studied, tions and allied science Us communications they «il telephony, telegraphy and countr baglan The i to ar ther i the crean are in including + les The head of the ¢ Gen. Hsu Ting-Yao the Chine 17th army corp t military duced General self in the with a small Hew spring force Japanese pre week at Kupeikow, in the Great Wa trymen ated the was in t the Jap: Tokyo-f rkuo. Vier Chairman Fed Army The v eva campa mister ha CUBA CARRIES 77 PASSENGER AT ALL LEADING é