The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 23, 1926, Page 6

PAGE six FLORIDA LEGISLATURE WILL BE ASKED TO PASS LAW FOLLOWING MOVEMENT UN- DEK WAY (By Associated Press) GAINESVILL7,. Fla., April 23, —The Florida legislature will be asked to pass a law creating a Teacher® Retirement Fund, if a resolution adopted at the annual} meeting here of principals of high | schools of ‘the state is carried out. | Recomsnendations for the ap- pointment of a committee: to in- vestigate.the retirement fund laws | and systems of other states, and to prepare a law suitable to Flor- ida, were: made in the resolution. The committee will report on its readifigs at the 1927 conven- tion of the principals. Other ‘resolutions adopted at the meeting were those endorsing the rules and regulations of the Florida High School’ Athletic As- sociation, and. urging that they be. strietly observed, and com- mendation of the athietie organ- lation for its effective work. The principals also set as their objective* for their elementary supervising program of 1926-27 the seleétion of a schedule for the improvement of reading, That study, the resolutions declared, is compidere@ the basic subject taught in’ the elementary. schools. & committee was nated at the conference to study the reading subject and formulate plans for cartying out the. program, with a repert to.be made to the superin- tendents and supervising principals -| day will leave off their coats. ee ee Peace Wiens Mr. Lloyd Thy 10) George and M. Clemenceau. the law of England a his son’s mother- his deceased wife’s. sis- can marry neither his yymarriage nor his niece by fon aed let alone his wife’s Tn thé desert regions of hin: times asvsweet as cane sugar. The plant bélongs to the family of a of which the sunflower and’ daity are familiar represen- rge looks to the the King Edward looks to the right. er grandson, looks Debt settlements remain before es ‘War veterans legislation is be- fore house. continue to wrestle with farm relief. pagara In an unique setting on Santa Catalina Island, off the Pacific Coast, Station KFWO. does. ex- traordinary things with its 250-watt broadcasting equipment... Technical opinion has’ not’ yet decided defi- nitely whether the remarkable. re- sults are due to the magnetic per- sonality of Major Lawrence Mott, Signal Corps, U. S. A., the genius of KFWO, or to the admixture of lead and silver ores in the island which seem to have an effect upon transmission. At any rate; KF WO has been-heard three times in Lon- don and in all states of the United States, with every. province in Can- ada on the record for good measure, KFWO. utilizes Western Electric equipment throughout, and with the addition of a new motor generator “set, Major. Mott expects. even greater results. ~ This station has the unique dis- tinction of being situated in a owner of Santa « home—that of Major Mott—and the home surroundings have an in- fluence upon the programs. There are no paid programs whatever. Ninety per cent of the talenti is loeal, and the performers have taken pride in Major Mott’s slogan, “The Sunshine Station on a--Sunshine Island.” The central idea is to Above—Major Lawrence Mott.and his home-like studio. The medals are souvenirs of the Great War. Below—Judge Landis and William Wrigley, Jr., before the microphone at KWFO.- Mr. Wrigley is Catalina Island. transmit some of this sunshine—via KFWO-—into homes which other- wise would have little or none, Major Mott, traveler, author, and soldier, is the owner and manager of the station, and it has no aim but ‘to broadcast sunshine. Major Mott's “Cheerio” has become known to millions of radio listeners. SOC SeCCOCCLETOOCCESOOOCE Flashes -of Life eeoeeseee eceeeeee (By Ansoctated’ Press) CONSTANTINOPLE—A statue’ ot Mustapha Kemal shows him in i protests that it is undignified. It is not to be put in place until he * LONDON—There’s been a revo- lution. Men are leaving off their} vests in hot weather. Time, was} when ‘that simply was not done, don’t you know. Perhaps British golfers, once shocked by Jess Sweetser’s‘short sleeve shirt, some * * NEW. YORK — The British! ize a good thing when its! merits are proved. Sir Charles/ Highham says that newspaper ad-| vertising in the United: States | Stands) head and shoulders above t every other medium for public an-| nouncement. In two years as an agent he spent $400,000 advertis- "ing tea in American newspapers) and his clients’ sales increased by | 6,500 tons. * BUFFALO—Any fish in the Ni-| river». with ~ pre-Volstead tastes are enjoying themselves on| “greased wool”—a whole carload of it. Federal agents found it was more liquid than grease and more glass than wool; in fact it was Canadian ale. So it was dumped overboard. ae) NEW YORK — Princess Red} Apple, grand daughter’ of John} Ross, chief of the Cherokees is an American citizen again by. judicial) decree. She found she had lost her citzenship by marrying a man/| who was born in Rumania and}; came to the United States when a} baby. \ ee { SAN FRANCISCO — Thou-} sands of gypsies scattered through-| out the nation are mourning the | death of King Michael I., who was! buried: here by his subjects at al brilliant ceremony, symbolic of! nomad traditions. His son, An-| thony, will become king after the} preseribed year of mourning. o* s F. H. SOLOMON PLUMBER Sheet Metal Work CALL PHONE 621-W STAR COFFEE MILLS|) DELICIOUS & REFRESHING A delicious cup of fine flavored COFFEE is a satisfying drink at all times. That is why every- |} body’ who has tried our COF- | FEE is a STAR COFFEE MIELS enthusiast. { S12 GREENE ST. Phone 256 || FIRE TAKES ‘SEVEN LIVES CONFLAGRATION SWEEPS TENEMENT HOUSE IN PHILADELPHIA (By Associated Press) PHILADELPHIA, April 23.— Seven negroes lost their lives here today when fire swept through a four-story tenement house at Sixth and Kater streets. Six, in- eluding four children, were burn- ed to death while a 50-year-eld | woman was killed when:she jump- ed ftom a fourth stéry window. The four children, their mother. and a man tenant were trapped on the fourth floor by the flames which spread: swiftly through the structure. The blaze is believed to have been. incendiary. ee ey * * ODD AND INTERESTING * ee te te eeweeeeeense Rice paper is not made from rice, but’ from the membranes. of | ; the bread-fruit tree. London’s first telephone ex- change was established in 1879, with seven subscribers. A shoemaker's “last” is so call- ed from an old Saxon word which meant a footprint or the shape of a foot, An ingenious machine used on one of the English railways re- cords on paper all oscillations and jolts felt during high-speed travel- ‘ing. It thus reveals and locates | defects in the track which are not} visible. MAN KILLED AT RAILROAD CROSSING (Ry Associated Prensa) t FORT LAUDERDALE, ., April 23.—Four small children “were! left fatherless as the result of at, railroad crossing accident here. late yesterday in which Bert Ter- williger, 35, a painting epee <P was killed by a Florida East Coast train. Witnesses say that. Terwilliger. drove his automobile in front of the approaching train. _ Besides the four. children, a widow also survives. CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY (By Associated Press) NEW. YORK, April 23.— Chauncey M. Depew is, 92 years old today. In a celebration he sent to intimate friends a pri- vately” printed book called | decrease of 49.9 percent. | cent in 1910, or a:decrease of 63.6 DECREASES| STATISTICS SHOW MORE PRISONERS: IN’ 1910 THAN ANY YEAR | FOLLOWING SINCE THAT TIME (Dy ‘Associated. Prees) TALLAHASSEE, Fia., April 23 —The so-called “crime wave” may be prevalent: in other parts of{the country, but: so far as: Florida: is concerned, “boom’’ and: all, there was considerably more erime in 1910 than. more recent: times. According to a census: of pris- oners, just sent out by the United States Department of Commerce, Florida issued 4,928 commitments during 1923, compared with 9,837 in 1910, or 13° years previously; a For each 100,000 persons, Flor- ida, in 1923, issued-476.1 per cent of the commitments, and:1,307 per per cent, for the 13-year. period: Florida: stood fifth among the Seuth Atlantic states in prison commitments for, 1923, and third) in 1910. Georgia led in 1923,| with 11,806, and Virginia was} slightly in front in 1910, with 12,430. Emerson ‘Electtie fans are guarantee for 5 years. See The Key West Eléetric Company. apr10 In. 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