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VOLUME LIV. No. 59.
ZANGARA SENTENCED TO DEATH
Hoarded Gold Pours
Into Banks From All
Sections Of Country
Estimated That Over Bil
lion Dollars To Be Back
Into Government Cof
fers Soon
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NEW YORK, March 10.
—Gold was hot today—
sizzling hot. It burned
fingers and seared con
science-stung hoarders
into action.
By the thousands all
over (he country they
scurried to banks to purge
themselves of the yellow
stain which the govern
ment decreed will be a
passport to prison.
In vanity bags, steel
chests, trousers’ pockets
and armored cars it pour
ed in.
Fear reviving confi
dence aroused their con
science and newly acquir
ed knowledge were send
ing it tumbling back into
government coffers.
One estimate predicted
$1,000,000 in hoarded gold
will be back in a few days
where it will be useful.
It was believed in the
adsence of official figures
that perhaps $200,000,000
of gold has been restored
to the federal reserve sys
tem throughout the coun
try this week.
Roosevelt Calls On
Congress For Power
To Reduce Expenses
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WASHINGTON. March 10.—
President Roosevelt celled on con
gress today for dictatorial powers
to roduce veterea’s costs end fed
eral salaries, promising thet if it
complies thet ’’there is reasonable
prospect** far o balanced budget
withia a year.
The democratic phalanx of the
house and senate, though not with
out dissent, set out immediately
to do his bidding, expecting there
by to have hundreds of millions
saved the treasury. The presi
dent said it will have piles! up a
$5,000,000,000 deficit by June.
**l am pointing at a definite
road.” declared the president, ami
he ashed that he be allowed to
take 4 ‘‘at once without even
DEMOCRATS OF
STATE TO MEET
MONDAY NIGHT
CAUCUS AT TALLAHASSEE TO
BE HELD FOR PURPOSE OF
NOMINATING VARIOUS OF
FICERS AND ATTACHES
(Hr Ammnciulril Prtu)
TALLAHASSEE, March 10.—
Frank Webb, chief clerk of the
house of representatives, today
issued a formal call for a caucus
of democratic members of the
house at 8 o’clock Monday night,
April 3, to nominate officers and
attaches.
A caucus of democratic senators
will be held at the same time, but
the senate caucus means less than
the house gathering' since holdover
senators already have selected
their candidate for president—
Senator Futch Leesburg.
New senators and the entire
membership of the house—-20 sen
ators and 95 representatives—
will be sworn into office at the
opening of the regular session of
the legislature Tuesday noon,
April 4.
APPRECIATION
To the Chamber of Com
merce, County Commissioners,
the City of Key West, business
houses and merchants, who
in cooperation with The Key
West Citizen, sponsored in
Key West the All Florida
Doherty Day and made it the
success it proved to be, are
due the commendation of this
community.
Thanks also are appropriate
to the committees which de
voted their time and effort
to induce the local business
men to Join in the movement
to further a Florida adver
tising program on Doherty
Day.
wait ini; for the beginning of the
next fiscal year.”
Even before the imaaige was
read to the senate and house,
threats of determined dispute
were evident.
The house democratic loaders
arranged to bind their prepon
derant majority in a caucus to
get a bill through by Wednesday
if possible.
After hearing the president's
message the senate deceased un
j til tomorrow to prepare legisla
tion to carry out a program.
The new legislation as recom
mended by Roosevelt will lay
down broad principles for pen
sions and other veteran’s benefits,
but will rest with him the im
portant authority over administra
tive details.
He will aim to slash costs
; caused by compensation for eon
servree connected with disabilh
j ties. j
©je Mep Wes t Citizen
BANK SITUATION
DISCUSSED TODAY
BY W. R. PORTER
PRESIDENT OF KEY WEST IN
STITUTION UNABLE TO SAY
WHEN BANKS WILL RE
SUME REGULAR BUSINESS
William R. Porter, president of
the First National Bank, said to
The Citizen today that to predict
when the banks would be open
for regular conduct of business is
impossible.
Changes have been made so
frequently in the orders govern
ing this phase of the situation,
said Mr. Porter, that many banks
in New York have been open for
a brief time, closed for another
period and opened again.
When the orders come advising
that sound, liquid banking in
stitutions are permitted to open
for regular business the Key West
institution will be among the first
to be benefittel by the order, Mr.
Porter stated.
Much of the stringency would
be relieved if business houses and
individuals would agree to accept
checks from responsible persons,
said Mr. Porter. Under the exist
ing conditions every one will
necessarily experience some incon
venience, but the general belief
in banking circles is that the sit
uation will be clarified in a short
time.
COUNTY BOARD
SENDS MESSAGE
TO PRESIDENT
ASSURE CHIEF EXECUTIVE
OF NATION HEARTY SUP
PORT IN PROGRAM TOWARD
ECONOMIC RECOVERY
Asa matter of cooperating with
President Roosevelt in the pro
gram outlined by the chief execu
tive of the nation toward econom
ic recovery of the nation, the
board of county commissioners
have sent the following telegrams:
Franklin D. Roosevelt,
President of the United States,
Washington, D. C.
Officials of Monroe County,
Fla., as loyal American citisens
wholeheartedly support you in
your program. We sincerely be
lieve it will be successful.
N. THOMPSON,
Chairman Board of County Com
missioners.
Duncan U. Fletcher,
Washington, D. C.
Assure President Monroe coun
ty officials support program. Have
confidence as loyal Americans.
Accept with patriotic fervor hard
ships for public welfare.
N. THOMPSON.
i Chairman Board of County Com
missioners.
CARD OF APPRECIATION
a
I wish to express my apprecia
tion to Mr. Ramon Itelgado, agent
l j of the Peninsular Life Insurance
j Company, for his kind attention
I and prompt service rendered in the
payment of the insurance with
the Peninsula issued on my hus
band. Edward Freyberg. Mr.
i Delgado assisted me in every way
filled out all the papers in con
; nee t ion with my claim and paid me
in cash in less than one half hour
l after the proofs of death was pre
sented to him. 527 Division
; street.
] MRl*. EUGENIA FREYBERG.
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KEY WEST. FLORIDA, FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1933.
Rich American Trade At Stake
As French Call Empire Parley
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Franca is to have an empire trade conference to offset last year’s British gathering nt Ottawa.
The French flags flies around tho world, this map showing possessions on nU continents, including is
lands off Newfoundland and in the West Indies, a piece of South America, isles of the Pacific, a colony
between India and China, a mandate in Syria and huge sections of northern and equatorial Africa.
(Dy Associated Press)
PARIS, March 10.—The United
States has a $134,000,000 stake
in the French empire trade con
ference to be held here shortly.
Premier Daladier summoned an
imperial preference meeting to
stimulate business between France
and her colonies and protector
ates. It Ivill be similar to the one
held by the British in Ottawa last
year.
The premier said the confer
ence would be a prelude to the
world economic conference for
which France is preparing.
The United States sold France
Various Banks To Resume
Early Operations Under New
Orders Issued By Roosevelt
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WASHINGTON, March 10. —President Roosevelt today signed an execu
tive order making possible resumption of early banking operations in substantial
volume. Under the order of the secretary of the treasury is given the authority
to issue licenses to federal reserve member banks to reopen. Application for li
censes will be filed with district federal reserve banks.
State banks not members of the federal reserve will be allowed by Secretary
Woodin to reopen after obtaining approval from the proper state banking au
thorities.
MUST APPLY TO SECRETARY OF TREASURY
WASHINGTON, March 10. —Secretary Woodin announced today an execu
tive order or regulation will be issued shoiMy directing all federal reserve mem
ber banks desiring to reopen to apply for license to secretary of treasury. Ap
plication is to bq filed with the federal reserve bank in each district.
He also authorized banking institutions to complete for their own account
or account of their customers payments on subscriptions for treasury bills sold
March 6.
The campaign of silver advocates for aid to restore metal to monetary pow
er was renewed in the senate by President Protempore Pittman. In the mean
time the presidential proclamation kept rigid restrictions clamped tightly about
operations of the nations banks.
$121,800,000 worth of merchan
dise and $12,700,000 to her pos
sessions in 1931. The trade bal
ance favored the United States by
$49,000,000.
The French empire is the
world’s second largest. It covers
4,696,000 square miles and has
61,615,000 inhabitants. It buys
chiefly foodstuffs and machinery.
A sdheme for coordinating the
exchange of colonial products for
manufactured articles of the
mother country has been lying fal
low in the colonial office for
years.
It was started* during the war
when French ministers were
scouring the globe for raw mater
ials to keep the big guns boom
ing. This report has been dusted
off by Albert Sarraut, minister of
colonies, who had a hand in draw
ing it up. It will be used in the
forthcoming sessions.
The chief difficulty foreseen by
economic writers is that French
wheat farmers and wine growers
will object to having North Africa
wheat and wines come into France
duty free.
Fanatical Assassin To
Die In Electric Chair
ForMurderOfCermak
MALONE AND SCOTT
OPTIMISTIC OVER
BABY BOND ISSUE
PROPOSITION EXPLAINED AT
MEETING LAST NIGHT; CIR
CULATING LISTS FOR SIG
NATURES OF MERCHANTS
Mayor VVm. H. Malone feels
satisfied that the proposed baby
bond and coupon medium of ex
change will go through, he told
The Citizen today, and John Rice
Scott, father of the idea concurs
in Mr. Malone's opinion.
There was an attendance of
representative business men and
citizens at the meeting in the
county court house last night and
Mr. Malone thoroughly explained
the entire program, the method
of procedure and the manner in
which the issuance and redemp
tion of bonds and coupons is
handled.
There are three lists being cir
culated today among business men
and individuals, securing signers
to the pledge which was written
by the mayor. The list that was
being presented by Mr. Scott, at
11 o’clock this morning, contained
the names of more than twenty
who have consented to purchase
bonds in amounts ranging from
$lO to $l5O.
Mr. Scott told The Citizen that
he was satisfied that his list would
be subscribed 100 per cent and
he was led to believe that thej
others would show the same. He
said he was exceedingly optimistic
as to the success of the proposi
tion.
DISCOVERFIRE
IN JAIL CELL
PRISONER HAS NARROW ES
CAPE FROM SUFFOCATION
LAST NIGHT
Prompt action on the part of
city firemen last night, in all
probability, saved a prisoner in
the city jail from death by
; foeation.
Shortly after 11 o’clock fire
, men of the night watch smelled
•moke in the sleeping quarters.
Gradually the odor of burning
cloth became more pronounced
and Firemen Franklyn Arenberg,
Cleveland Dillon and Everett Rivas
started to investigate.
On reaching the engine room
they found it filled with smoke
and saw it was coming from the
city jail. Reaching the cell tier
they heard the prisoner hoiloring
and on reaching hi* cell found
him standing at the door gasping
for breath with a biasing blanket
behind him on the bunk.
Mr. Rivas reached in. pulled
the blanket through the bars, and;
extinguished It. The •opposition
is that the prisoner either drop-!
ped a cigar** while asleep or de-j
iiberately set fire to the blanket.
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For 53 Years Devoted to the
Best Interests of Key West
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Denounces Court After
Sentence; Shouted He
“Was Not Afraid Of
Chair”
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MIAMI, March 10.—De
nouncing the court and
shouting he was not
afraid, Guiseppc Zangara,
fanatical assassin, who
tried to kill President
Roosevelt, today was sen
tenced to death in the
electric chair for the mur
der of Mayor Anton Cer
mak, of Chicago.
“YwCire thc cs 1
italists,” Zangara shouted
at Circuit Judge Uly
Thompson after sentence
was passed.
“I’m no afraid that
chair. You is crook man.
Put me in electric chair,”
he asserted.
Then the Italian, who
shot five persons in a fu
tile effort to kill Prcsi- *
dent Roosevelt was led
from the courtroom by
deputies.
Zangara blamed “cap
italists and stomach trou
ble” for his murderous de
sire.
Zangara’s time of death
was not set in the court j
sentence.
In Florida the governor?!
sets the week in which th|
execution must be made!
The state prison superimg
tendent decides the dajfl
and hour.
Zangara is already uitif
der sentence of 80 yeaif
for conviction on chargef
of attempting to kil
Roosevelt and three otk
er persons, the lattef j
wounded by his bullets.
Lewis Twyman, one of J
the attorneys, appointed ]
by the court to defend j
Zangara, said as far as he 1
knew there would be n*|
further move in the ca*e.|i
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