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VOLUME LIV. No. 149.
Delegates Struggle
With Grave Tasks At
London Conference
Ramsay MacDonald More
Confident Of Harmony
On Various Issues Be
fore Assemblage
(By AMolalt< Pfw>
LONDON, Jun* 23.—Prim*
Minister Ramsay MacDonald after
contacts. today with delegates to
the. .economy conference was
netted as Baying that the pre
viously disturbing situation had
distinctly improved, and een
tinned progress seemed aseared.
la the meanwhile eight commit*
toes were struggling with grave
tasks, the principal subject being
an effort to draw up a per*
auiaoat monetary standard.
Groups wrestling this vital
problem concentrated wholly on
proposals.
High British quarters made no
effort to conceal their serious
concern over continued gyrations
of the dollar, but with America’s
inability to stabilize at this June,
ture mads it clear the British ex
pressed sympathy in th# portion
of the United States.
* Vtoanee Minister Geeegey Bon
net, of France, and Premier Hen
dryk Colijn, of the Netherlands,
representatives of gold standard
countries, were frankly gloomy
over lack of the dollar stabiliza
tion, but Bonnet, before entrain
ing for France for the week
end, flatly denied reports that
continental countries must join
America and Britain in impend
ing the gold standard.
WHEAT ACREAGE
NEW PROBLEM
LONDO, June 28.—Australia’s
acceptance of the wheat acreage
reduction scheme was all lacking
today for consummation of the
five-power agreement described
aa international enlargement of
certain provisions of the American
farm relief bill.
Russia and Argentina were the
latest nations to join Canada and
the United States in the gigantic
proposal to curtail perhaps by
fifteen per ,cent wheet acreage
and to limit exports.
Henry Morgenthau, senior
technical adviser .of the Aiptrican
delegation to the economic con
ference, who has been the prime
mover of efforts to enlist the big
gest wheat producers in the move
ment to increase prices, is con
fident Australia will join.
He Mid “all that remains now
is settlement of actual details.*'
COASTGUARD
CUTTER SAILS
PETREL GOES TO ST. PETERS
BURG) SAUKEE ON DRY
DOCK AT TAMPA
I
The coast guard cutter Petrel,!
which was here fur a brief time
yesterday, arriving at 11:15 and
•ailing 1 o'clock, went to St!
Petersburg, where she is now sta
tioned.
The coast guard cutter Saukes.
which is to be stationed at Key
Went, is still on the drydtwk at
Tampa. Lieutenant John McCann,
who has been assigned to command
of the vessel, is in Tampa to bring
the vessel here, as soon as -be
goes off the ways.
DON’T FORGET—CANDY t
For that vacation trip there’*
nothing that will make it more
enjoyable than a box of
JOHNSTON’S CANDY
KEY WEST DRUG CO.
Phone 4b Free Delivery
MONEY TO MEET
AUGUST PAYROLL
PUZZLES STATE
MATTER NOW UNOER DISCUS
SION pY OFFICIALS; TAX
COLLECTIONS ONLY SOLU
TION TO PROBLEM
(Florida News Service)
TALLAHASSEE. Juen 23.
Will the state be able to meet its
August payroll? Can tax collec
! tions be speeded up sufficiently
for income to balance outgo’/ What
.are we going to use for money?
These are the questions state of
ficials, employes, and citizens are
asking each other in capitol corri
dors and on the street corners.
Last Saturday morning the
state had but $77,322.70 balance
in the general revenue fund. The
same time a year ago the balance
was 1285,674.71.
Recognizing the distressing ra
tio of income and outgo and fac
ing a steadily mounting deficit in
the general fund, the governor
and his cabinet, in special session
last week, decided to make an
urgent appeal by wire to all tax
collectors in an effort to speed up
collections.
The seriousness of the situation
jt by therjiq* tlffa
ing the month of May total col
lections amounted to $280,791.74,
while expenditures for the same
month were $493,417.35, an out
go overtopping income by nearly
a quarter of a million dollars.
If income and expenditures
continue on the present ratio the
state will find it impossible to
meet August payrolls. The only
apparent solution to the situation
would be a tax collecting rally
that would bring in an unpre
cedented amount of past due
taxes.
Some claim the situation will
make an extra session of the leg
islature imperative and predict
such a session early in the fall.
Among those voicing this belief is
Senator W. C. Hodges, of Talla
hassee.
On the other hand Governor
Sholtz remains firm in his stand
in opposition to a special session
and bluntly states that if the state
has only one dollar, then it must
operate with that dollar.
FREIGHT STEAMER
DUE HERE TONIGHT
BRAZOS WILL TAKE ON
LARGE AMOUNT OF
FREIGHT
The freighter Brazos, of the
Clyd*-Mallory< lines, is due in port
from Galveston tonight. Ship
ments of canned pineapples, from
the Granday Canning Company,
cigars and sponge are on the dock
awaiting transportation.
Another item in the cargo to be
taken by the Brazos is a collec
tion of fish, containing many fine
1* specimens, assembled for the New
York aquarium by Hamilton
, Knowles, during the past four
weeks.
youncTcosgroye
RETURNING HONE
Philip Cosgrove, son of Captain
and Nr*. P. L. Cosgrove, is expect
ed to arrive in Key West Satur
day for a short visit with his
parents.
He ** aboard the U. S. S. Fair
fas, which is due to arrive with
three destroyer* at Miami this
morning. These ships are carry
ing 2d* reserve midshipmen of the
reserve officer* training corps of
the Georgia School of Technology,
Yale, Harvard and Northwestern
UaivyrMtic*.
e Hep Citizen
Air Race Bid Off For Lady Birds
The National Air Race*, scheduled for Los Angeles July 1-4 inclusive offer women fliers greater
opportunity than open in previous meets. This year they can enter virtually every race on parity
with men. Gladys O'Donnell (left) who won a $3,000 prize at last year’s Cleveland races, and Mrs.
Maa Haizlip (right), who, in the same meet, attained a speed of 25 5 miles an hour, likely will be
among the contenders at Los Angeles.
(Itr Associated Press)
LOS ANGELES, June 23.
Woman’s place in the aviation
sun, cramped in other years,
draws a front row seat at the na
tional air races, which will be run
at the municipal airport here July
1-2-3-4.
If there was reason in the past
for a feminine complaint about
lack of opportunity to win cash,
glory and whatever else goes with
triumphs in aerial speed, 1033
comes fbwhtrd tmwro wel
come to women as contenders.
Abundant Chances This Year
The races this year will allow
Miss Flier to enter, with one ex
ception, every event on the four
day program. Possibly opportun
ity will be premature for her abil
ity, but the chance will be there.
CITIZEN HEARS
FROM ENGLAND,
NOTED WRITER
CALLS ATTENTION TO ONE OF
STORIES PUBLISHED DUR.
ING MONTH; /IPPRECIATES
HOME TOWN PAPER
Writing to The Citizen, George
Allan England, now in Bradford,
N. H., calls attention to one of
his stories published in the June
18 issue of the Cuban tabloid, Car
teles.
The title of the novelette is
“La Muerte del Viejo Avaro” and
is one of Author England’s ser
ies of T. Ashley detective stories
and originally ran in “Detective
Fiction weekly’’ of February 18,
1932. Carteles will publish a
series of these crime stories by
Mr. England.
The writer offers his apprecia.
tion of the adequate and com
prehensive manner in which The
Citizen to which he is a constant
subscriber, keeps him posted on
the events and happenings in
“Dear old Cayo Hueso.”
He concludes with, “We are hav
ing a nice winter, this summer,
with the thermometer down to 40
and 50. Keep two fires going
end manege to get by”, end re
quests a shipment of Key West’s
calorific comfort.
J. F. ROBERTS
TO GET HEARING
Joseph F. Roberts, charged with
desertion and non-support of his
minor children, was brought to the
city yesterday by Sheriff K. O.
Thompson, who returned over the
highway from Miami.
Roberts will be given a prelim
inary hearing tomorrow morning
IP o’clock ia the court of Rogetio
Gomez, justice of the peace.
KEY WEST. FLORIDA, FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 1933.
As race time draws near, two
women stand out as the likely
leaders of the dashes against time
and men. Mae Haizlip, wife of
the cross-country speed champion.
Jimmie Haizlip, of St. Louis, and
Gladys O’Donnell, air school own
er of Long Beach, Cal., graduated
from the novice class so long ago
that their ranking with the men
has come to be accepted.
Flew 255 Miles An Hour
Few followers of aviation will
Jprget the dazzling speed which
Mrs. Haizlip established at the
races in Cleveland last September
when she gave a tiny speed ship
the gun and flew down a straight
way course at 255 miles an hour.
And if she could have found a
plane, no doubt she would have
challenged the men and precedent
in the super closed course classic,
INTANGIBLETAX
TO BE COLLECTED
DRIVE STARTED IN MOVE
MENT BY COMPTROL
LER OF STATE
(Florida News Service)
TALLAHASSEE. June 23.
A drive for the collection of the
state intangible tax was begun by
Comptroller J. M. Lee this week.
Individuals, firms and corporations
tinder the law are required to
make intangible tax returns to
the county tax collector and fail
ure to do so carries a SSOO pen
alty. The law has not been rigid
ly enforced although passed by the
1931 legislature.
Declaring himself for a fair and
impartial enforcement of the law,
Mr, Lee states that he will con
duct an investigation in the sev
eral counties to determine the
status of such tax collections and
take steps necessary to see that
thoee due are collected.
COURT TO HEAR
SUIT MATTERS
RECESSED SESSION WILL BE
GIN TOMORROW MORN
ING 10 CTCLOCK
Circuit court, with Judge Jer
feraon B, Browne presiding, will
meet in receased session tomorrow
morning lb o’clock.
Matters relative to two suits
for damage* recently heard will
be hr ought before the tribunal, it
la expected.
These are the ease* of Mr*.
Ahnie T. Sweeting against the
Key West Electric company. The
jury awarded the plaintiff IJW.
The other b the case of George
M. Fox vs. F. E. C. R’y., ia which
the jury awarded the plaintiff
sl2,bbh.
ORIGINAL ILLEGIBLE
the Thompson trophy race.
This year Mrs. Haizlip will have
the flying equipment to do all
the speeding she desires. Jimmie
Wedell, who grew almost over
night into an outstanding design
er and pilot, by sweeping all three
places in the transcontinental dash
with his planes, taking one of
them, himself, last year, has given
her the black-bodied “OW" in
which her husband flew in 1932 to
victory in the cross-country event.
O’Don rail Likoly Entrant
Gladys O'Donnell, winner of the
women’s classic last year, the
Aerol trophy race with a purse of
$3,000, which she walked away
with at a speed of 185.476 miles
an hour, has kept her plans .for
1933 to herself, as in the past, but
she will be present to worry the
men fliers.
PRICES OF MANY
COMMODITIES NOW
SHOW GREAT GAIN
OUTSTRIP FALL OF DOLLAR
AND POINT TO HIGH LEVEL
TOWARD BRINGING ABOUT
PROSPERITY
(By Attmavtetetf Prcw)
WASHINGTON, June 23
American commodity prices have
outstripped the fall of the dollar
and are pointing toward a level
high enough to bring some pros
perity.
For the first time since stocks
and commodity indexes started to
climb, official analysis indicates a
spread between the true price rise
and the dollar’s depreciation.
The federal reserve board re
view, out today, says that by the
end of May the dollar was down
fifteen percent in terms of fianc*
while six basic commodities by the
end of May had jumped sixty
percent since February.
The commodities were cotton,
lard, silver, copper, un and rub
ber.
With this also went a better
business pointer of growing tax
coliecUons.
UNEMPLOYED LIKE
ARTS, ACCOUNTING
<*jr M*H*t*S Pm*
COLUMBUS, 0.. June 23.
Accounting and fine arts were
two of the moat popular courses,
officials of Ohm State university
found when they opened a free
college for the unemployed her*.
Four section* for accounting
and fifteen course* in far art*
were found weccwmry whew the
1 TOO "student*" ranging ia age*
from 1* to 7b presented them
solve* for enrollment for the
week* college. Two clames in
piano and two in voice training.
*l*o were opened.
Discredit Wild Rumor Of
Roosevelt Trip To London
AUTO OWNERS
APPRISED OF
LICENSE LAW
deputies from sheriffs
OFFICE NOTIFYING ALL DE
LINQUENTS OF NECESSITY
TO BUY TAGS
Deputies from the sheriff’s of
fice are busy today notifying:
automobile owners of the neces-;
sity of purchasing 1933 license *
tags if they expect to continue?
driving.
This action is being taken pur-j
suant to orders from the governor,
directing that all drivers operat-j
ing under a 1932 license are to
be warned to cease doing so at
once. The name of the owner
and license number is taken and
will be kept for future refer
ence.
The same order, regarding these
violations of the license tag laws,
makes it imperative that the
sheriff and his aides arrest any
person caught driving with a 1932
license after July 1.
On that date the new price
schedule goes into effect. This
provides a much cheaper and
more reasonable rate, it is said
for licenses. However, it must be
understood that unless the pros
pective purchaser now has a 1933
license he will be required to
make affidavit that his* car or
truck has been unused during the
first six months of this year.
VEGETABLES AND
FRUIT GROWERS
PLAN MEETINGS
INFORMED CONFERENCES TO
BE HELD TO WORK OUT
PROGRAM IN APPLICATION
OF RECENT FARM ACT
(11)- Associated l*rewl
WASHINGTON, June 23.—A
series of informal conferences
with producers of fruit, vegetables j
and other’ special crops in an ef
fort to work out programs for
them in application of the farm
act will be conducted in .the com
ing weeks by Dr. H. R. Tolley,..re
cently appointed chief of section
special crops by the administrator’s
act.
Many representatives of fruit
and vegetable organizations have
already presented requests with
the administrator* for early con
sideration of their problems in
cluding low price* and overpro
duction.
The program for using the act
in case of special crops will re
volve about trade agreement*. An
approach to a solution of problem*
may be undertaken tn a manner
similar to that planned for sugar
There It authority under the
farm act for legalizing agreements
which would set up a quota of
plans and requiring licensee pro
cessor* and distributor*?.
Secretary Wallace could refuse
licenses to those refusing to abide
by the agreement of the provisions
including minimum price* and
schedules.
Administrators said in case of
special crops, like basic comm<
dae listed in the act. they are
anxious that growers and their
representatives, processor and dis
tributors take the initiative and
agree as far as pemstbie on fund*
mentals for any program they
hope to put into effect.
Administrators do not conceive
as their function, 4evmg any
plan until the grower* and others J
have pr vacated their ?••** f|s,‘ .
KODAK FILMS
ALL SIZES
GARDNER'S PHARMACY
Phone ITT Free CMaverr
LOCAL LETTER
POSTAGE TO BE
ONLY TWO CENTS
THIS APPLIES ONLY TO LOCAL
DELIVERY INSTEAD OF 3
CENTS NOW REQUIRED; EF
FECTIVE JULY I
Letters for local delivery may
be sent for two cents on and after
July 1, instead of the three cents
now required. This applies only
to local deliveries.
The order from the office of
the postmaster general is to the
effect that postage on letters and
other first class matter mailed for
local delivery at postoffices hav :
ing city or village carrier Rervice,
or any postoffice for local
delivery to patrons thereof on a
rural or star route therefrom
shall be charged at the rate of
two cents for each ounce or frac
tion thereof.
Letters in business reply en
velopes are subject to postage at
the regular rate plus one cent ad
ditional for each letter.
Letters mailed for local de
livery with two cents postage pre
paid on them, on being forwarded
to another postoffice will be
| charged one cent postage due to
be collected from the addressee.
There if no change in the rate
|of postage on other than local
first class matter which is now
subject to the three cents rate.
ROSENTHAL NOW
OUT OF PICTURE
COMPLETELY ELIMINATED IN
MATTERS PERTAINING
TO BRIDGES
George J. Rosenthal, seeker
after bridge franchises and for
many months a stumbling block to
the progress of the Key West-
Miami bridges organization, is
completely eliminated from the
picture.
For some time Rosenthal’s peti
tion for rehearing in the fran
chise matter ha* been before the
supreme court of Florida. William
V. Albury has been apprised of
the denial of the supreme body
to tfaiifiition pf Rosenthal,.
The Advices were received from
G- T. Whitfield, clerk of the court,
id which be say*, “The court has
today denied the petition for re-j
hearing of the case of the State
of Florida, ex Re! Cary D, Landis,
as Attorney General, Relator vs,
Ceorgu J. Rosenthal, respondent'*
MYSTERIOUS CALL
HEARD FROM AIR
THOUGHT MESSAGE MAY
BRING WORD ABOUT MAT
! TERN, MISSING AIRMAN
m, amhu*i *•••
SEATTLE, June 23.—Wireless
station* In the north Pacific listen
ed in today for explanation of a
mysterious call y* tetday, t after*- ■
noon in which signal* af.SOfc from
an aeroplane were heard.
With Jimmy Matter* miming
off the Siberian coast, almost un
intelligible message vent in Rue
mao lent hope it wight bring
word about him.
It wa* pointed out bee* too tint
strong hope*- should not be Mlitdi
a* the Rwuuan sender may have;
been repeating the Soviet govern-1
meat's rr to aid In the Mattern j
search.
PLACES TACKS ON STAIRS
LOS ANGELES—Harrlaon Finn
of th city ha# so*d fer divorce, i
charging cruelty, becaane Ida wife
spendUni tacks *m the *air* when
he stayed out late at night.
For 53 Years Devoted to the
Best Interests of Key West
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Cruiser Indianapolis Sched
uled To Take Presi
dent Back To Washing
ton
(Or AMMlatel PrtH)
PORTLAND, Maine, Jnae 23.
—■ Stephen T. Early, Roosevelt's
secretary, today flatly denied that
the president would go to Lon
don.
Rumors that the president
would dash across the Atlantic or*
the Cruiser Indianapolis in a bold
attempt to swing the economic
conference into line with his views
have been current, and have as
often been denied.
The latest rumor was from
Provincetown, where the In
dianapolis is on the way to pick
up Roosevelt at East port, Maine.
After the completion of his
cruise up the coast, the president
laid over last night.
Announced plans eall for the
cruiser to take the president back
to Washington.
The presidential echooner,
Amberjack 11, still lay at anchor
in Chandler's Cove in Casco Bay
mid-motning of today. The presi
dent's three tons are Aboard.
KERMITKERRIS
RACK AT PRISON
RETURNS TO CAMP SUNDAY
AT BLOUNTSTON.
FLORIDA
Kerrait Kerr b back in the
prison camp at Blountston, Fla.,
from which he escaped about two
weeks ago. He has been there
since Sunday.
In a letter to Mrs. Ketr re
ceived yesterday he tell* of W*
remorse at his thoughtless action
In making his escape. After be
ing oat for a brief time he deckled
to go back, did so and b satisfied
that he did the proper thing.
While writing the letter home,
he teO* Mrs. Kerr, another in
mate of the prison camp who ea*
taped at the same time Kerr aid,
‘ was brought into camp under
t heavy guard, having been cap
tured the day previous.
DOUGHBO Y’S LAMENT
IS GIVEN SILENCE
Sr AMMbtMI Pvesal
ROME. June 23.—The dmi*h
bojr’s client "you're in the army
now, you’re not behind the plow,”
Mu longer describe* Mussolini's
army.
Th* war ministry recently re
ported thst 33.090 soldiers took
a r<mm In practical faming in
1932. and liked It.
The prospective farmers are
given instruction* by squad* mi
tutors working under the ministry
of agricutture end forestry I*
1932 about 3,000 blackboard
drill*. 600 film projection# and'
400 visits to model farm* reHewd
the monotony of practical lemon*
h> muck, grain, fruit, orchard and
Uvaatfek.
STRAND THEATER
The Memo Town Thoalor
TODAY
Dewblo FoaSurw—
laurel and Hardy hi
THE DEVIL'S BROTHER
See Pago 3 far reader ms tie
picture
Cheater lloerb la
TOMORROW AT SEVEN
MeHaso, IW-1 Set Might IS-2S*