The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 15, 1932, Page 1

For 62 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West =="| The Key West Citizen PRICE FIVE CENTS Six Nations Pay War Debts To a KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1932. ‘Dead’ Hearts Brought Back To Life © | By Electricity Injected With Needle VOLUME LIII. No. 297. Carl Bervaldi Resigns Chairmanship Board Ot County Commissioners Thompson To Fill Un- expired Term; Other Matters Taken Up At| Meeting Last Night Carl. Bervaldi, chairman of the board of county com- missioners, tendered his resignation as chairman last night. This to become ef- fective December 31. Norberg Thompson was elected to fill the unexpired term from the date of the resignation until the first meeting after officers are installed, January 8. At} that time, it is understood, he will be formally elected; for the ensuing two years. Bonds Approved Bonds of Frank Ladd, $30,000, for tax collector; Roy Fulford, $2,000, county commissioner and John England, $500, supervisor of registration, were approved. Bill of Raymond Maloney, tax collector pro tem, for one half of provides that on county tax “¢hert one and one half per cent, A discussion arose as to the interpretation of the law. torney William V. Albur' nds, that | the « collectot’s » bill i: just. In this he is joined ° by Ptate Auditor Pitman, new at work on the eounty books. They both claim’ that the*law. i that the percentum is allowed on the amount of taxes collectible. Clerk Ross C, Sawyer believes that the law means that if the tax book shows more than $5,000,000, regardless of how much has been sold for taxes, this half per cent should not be allowed. It was finally decided that the attorney write to the attorney general and get his opinion on the * matter and the board’s decision will be based on . The amount involved is approximately $2,500. Applies For Position An application was received \CHAS. By HOWARD W. BLAKESLEE (Associated Press Science Editor) NEW YORK, Dec. 15.—Elec- trocution stops the heart, but the opposite of electrocution, a tiny current, sometimes will cause a “dead” heart to beat again. By using this discovery, Albert S. Hyman, .M, D., of New York City, devised an electric needle! lwhich has restored life to many {dead quinea pigs and rabbits, and recently to a very few human| beings whose hearts had stopped. | Hyman’s needle is a new method of doing something practiced by ADDRESS TODAY | AT ROTARY MEET jo "in for many years, events} ‘ealled “miracles” when the public happens to hear about them, but whose grand total is an impressive | number. ! — Restores Beat Of Heart i | The needle restores the beat to | {hearts which have stopped on ac- count of shock. This happens most commonlyyin operating rooms, in| | street aeéidents, sometimes in| drowning and on battlefields. i Surgeons sometimes have re-| stored the beat of such a heart by | squeezing it, More lately hypo-! dermic needle injections of | the; powerful stimulant epinephrin, or/ adrenalin, directly into the heart, ! has restored life to many person There are 250 records of such at: +4.) tempts in medical literature with} The one Foca iat bate 3s about 60 of them successful. members write Florida’s represen-| tyman’s studies convinced him! tatives in congress requesting them|that in the drug injections it was; to use every effort possible tojmostly the prick of the hypoderm-; ..{ie needle in the heart which caused eigen she necensary, support Zor the renewed beat. He was able to! establishing same. show that the prick caused one,/ A report from the Red Cross} and usually only one, beat. If the| Chapter was read showing where|lone artificial beat caused the} the Rotary committees, who as- heart mechanism to “click” again, | _ a the patient came back to life. | sisted in the membership drive, had Repeats Artificial Beats He found that an electric shock of the right sort caused a dead/ heart to beat once every time the current strikes, and in animal STRUNK GIVES E. SMITH PRESIDES AT. SESSION; RED CROSS MEMBERSHIP DRIVE RE- PORT READ E. A. Strunk gave “a talk to- day at the luncheon of the Rotary Club ‘on the subject of the Ever- glades National Park urging all to put forth efforts to have this proposed project completed. Chas. E. Smith presided at the meeting today in the absence of President Clif. Hicks will be a meeting of the board of directors of the, organization held on Monday night at the home of. president at which time several SNOW REPORTED IN CALIFORNIA 110 DEGREES MAN FREEZES TO DEATH IN| SECTION KNOWN FOR HIGH; TEMPERATURES IN SUMMER} MONTHS MEDICAL AUTHORITIES ARE AMAZED AT MARK REACH. ED; SAID TO HAVE NEVER BEEN EQUALLED BEFORE (By Associated Press) LOS ANGELES, Dec. 15.—} Weather history was in the mak- ing today as stories of death and; near tragedy came out of snow-' clad regions of sunny southern, (iy Assoctated Preus) LOS ANGELES, Dec. 15. —A 20-year-old Mexican girl (current, about one-thousandth part jand the current flows down a wire | experiments that this repeated eh the outside tube. . ere vecwoeeeosoes HowNewDeviceRestoresHeartbeats ececeve HEART PACE- MAKER IN UP- PER LEFT QUADRANT ELECTRIC CUR- RENT FROM NEEOLE RE- PLACES CUR- RENT ORDIN- ARILY MADE By * PACE- MAKER” NEEDLE A tiny electrical current injected with a neédle devised by Dr. Albert S. Hyman of New York, in some cases will make a “dead” heart beat again. The picture and sketc hes above show the needle and how it is used, tificial beating was much- more, Dr. Hyman’s theory is that this likely to restore life. |meedle imitates nature. He calls Many others, including himself, it the “pacemaker.” It is named had previously experimented with /after a real section of the heart, electrical currents, sending them/|some muscular tissues in the upper in fairly broad impulses through|left hand part of the heart, which the heart. The trouble with these !seem to act as “pacemakers” for wide-spread currents was a ten-;the regular beating. Tests show deney to act like the electrocuting that extremely minute electrical current from the electric chair. jcurrents accompany the action of The new needle produces a cur- the heart’s own “pacemaker.” rent flowing across a spot in the; The n®w needle substitutes an theart not much: wider than the/artificial electric current after the 'patural one has ceased. The man- made current flows anywhere from 30 to 120 times a second, produc- jing that many artificial beats, the in the middle, and back through) number being regulated by the ‘ied physician. point of a pin. It is a very tin; of a volt. The needle is hollow, mi WOULD INCREASE |ALFONSO MAKES — ALCOHOL CONTENT | FORCED LANDING INPROPOSEDBEER AT NAVY FIELD LEGISLATION TO AUTHORIZE|WAS FLYING IN VICINITY OF { VETERANS TO SELL BONUS | LOCAL NAVAL STATION CERTIFICATES UNDER PRO-; WHEN HE DISCOVERED VISION ADVOCATED TROUBLE NEEDED FIXING i | i | (Ry Assectated Press) Armando Alfonso, aviator, fly- WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.!ing his own plane, made a forced —The house ways and means nding yesterday at the athletic jfield in the navy yard. He was committee decided today to flying in the vicinity of the naval increase alcohol content to |i when he discovered a fault \SOOITOIL Ts United States Today; England First In Meeting Obligation COLD WEATHER | REPORTED FROM MANY SECTIONS {BLIZZARD HITS CHICAGO} WHERE TEMPERATURE WAS TWO BELOW ZERO; SNOW AND RAIN IN MANY PARTS: Five Unable To Pay Or Were Determined Not To; Go Into Default As Result PORTER REMAINS OPTIMISTIC FOR GETTING BRIDGES “I am just as optimis- tic today as I was weeks ago and am satisfied that we will accomplish what we have been etriving for during the past few months,” said William R. Porter, vice- president of the Over- seas Bridge Corpora- tion, who returned from Washington, D. C., to- day. There are a number of contingencies that’ have arisen which could not be forseen, which have retarded our pro- gress to some extent, but we feel sure that all obstacles will be overcome and in due time, whien the several complex situations are smoothed out, the Over- seas Bridge Corporation will secure the loan. DMM ME IB s.| ARRIVAL INDIRECTLY CAUSE LOCAL ANGLERS OF FIGHT BY TWO PER- SONS STANDING ON DOCK MAKE BIG CATCH Dr. Juan R. Pintado, cousin of, Dr. N. C. Pintado, of Key West, ALMOST THOUSAND POUNDS] who spent 16 months as a political prisoner in Cuba, arrived on the TAKEN AT MASCOTTE Governor Cobb yesterday from SHOALS Havana. He was accompanied by two oth- Almost 1,000 pounds of fish|¢Ts, former political prisoners, Dr, were caught in a few hours by|Alejandro Vergara, who was plac- a party who were fishing at Mas-{¢d in prison 14 days before the cotte Shoals, yesterday. The catch {Cuban uprising in August and Dr. consisted of three mackerel, three |J. de! Cristo, who spent more than kingfish, 10 bonito and 70 jacks.jone year in durance, The trio The jacks were the largest] Were released Monday and ordered caught this year, running form 12|y Machado to leave the island. (By Assoetated Press) WASHINGTON, Dec. —The United States today collected war debts pay- ments from six nations while five were unable to pay or determined not to and went into default. Great Britain was first to have its transfer of $95,000,000 announced. The treasury also- ex= pected to get payments from - Italy, Czechoslo- vakia, Finland, Latvia and Lithuania aggre gating $3,172,000. Not officially in default until the treasury books are closed for the day nevertheless France, Bel- Setery betaine ry . 7 : the treasury (By Associated Press) Blustering northerly winds over most of the country drove sub-zero jtemperatures as far south as north- ern Missouri today and carried freezing weather mto upper sec- tions of the southernmost tier of states, Little relief from the cold wave was in sight, forecasters said, for {any part of the country except possibly the northwest from Mon- tana to Lake Michigan where sev- eral days of sub-zero weather may come to an end shortly. Chicago had a minimum of 2 below zero. Light snow and rain fell over numerous large, areas over the country. | Colder weather and freezing during tonight was predicted for most southern states with snow a probability through the entire pronthern tier of Dixie. BESSEL STRANDED RECENTLY WILL PROCEED TO NEW ORLEANS The steamer Nord Vangen which was stranded off the Cuban coast, was salvaged by the wrecking tug Relief and brought to Key West has been ordered to the Johnson Drydock, at New Orleans and will ileave, it is expected, under her lown power, Saturday. Cargo of the ship today amazed medical auth- orities by running up a tem- perature of 110 degrees. from Captain J. L. Watrous for, the position of superintendent of the ferry system, The application sets forth that in the event his ad- | ministration does not show de-! cided improvement if the has and an appreciable saving in ex-} penditures, he will resign at the) end of six months. This vin placed on file. t The clerk ealled the attention of the board to the application of R, B. Curry for the same position. No action taken. A letter to the board from the junior chamber of commerce of Jacksonville cites their program for the year 1934 and asks that) the board grant the body free transportation over the ferry sys- tem on their proposed trip that year to Cuba. The request was granted. Depository accounts were check- ed by Commissioners Thompson, LEAVES THIS MORNING TO Bervaldi and Fulford, and ap-} ooteng ies sae | CONFER WITH TAYLOR ON BRIDGE MATTERS Medical men say 107 degrees is fatal. For three months doctors said Alice Tolan had been run- ning almost a daily tempera- ture of a height never before equalled by a human suffer- er. They believe she is suffer- ing from a tubercular tumor of that part of the brain which controls the body tem- perature and that there is no way in which an operation ean he performed to remove the tumor. LESTER NOW ON WAY TO MIAMI An invitation from the Talla-/ hassee chamber of commerce to} the county and city to attend and! (Continued on Page Four) | ! | Bridge Corporation. AUCTION SALE | One of the main objects of his Tonight at 7:30 O’Clock|'visit is to confer with H. H. Ta Offering Semi-Porcelain Eng- lor, attorney for the corporation, a irelative to the action taken by lish Dinner Sets with many]! George J. Rosenthal, who filed quo other articles. )Warrantoe proceedings in the su- FREE PRIZES preme court at Tallahassee. | This action is to force the Over. FRANK JOHNSON Colonial Hotel Bidg. Attorney J. Lancelot Lester left over the highway this morning for Miami to attend to certain matters in connection with the Overseas [seas body to show by what right jit claims to have the sole franchise {for construction of bridges over the water gaps on the highway, Californi = S |that needed immediate attention. — tbe allowed in beer if legal-| He made a perfect landing at A man froze to death in Palo}. the field and was congratulated in of County Solicitor Verds Vallss: Gijelalng’ the Im-|ized under the Coliige bill to c his handling of the pind in temperatures |3-2 Per cent by weight. ings et area as Sige = Two miners were missing in|tion limited it to 2.75 sg bogs - ee ate end went Holcombe Valley following theicent. It also decided to levy|the plane is now. blizzard. The storm subsided last)... Pane Miike eoceuateced night leaving snows t: depth a $5.00 a barrel tax. ‘eee ve omen ere & ‘ jas the youthful aviator who con-; sage = three feet in eetgriang | Savings of approximately structed his own plane and came cdi sei ad . °*"!$1,000,000,000 in veterans to Key West last year to visit rela- - i ' : S {tives and friends. Thousands of Throughout the citrus belt hospital construction over a@|Key West folks went out to the emotes Pots ere eee reTmine 9) ctiod ‘of 88 years and an| landing field to iow his plane. ee: nes | He is formerly of ‘Key Wes : — ra — reported as additional slash of nearly/and a co s rly rt i % “ge cerees aa cd. ($12,000,000 annually from|J. F- Busto. pone ‘existing appropriations were ' Lights On Wireless Yacht Mas cotte Goes \recommended to a joint con-| Poles Ave Given Test) On Trip To Tortagas' pressional committee by} : % PS .ights on the wireless poles at The yacht Mascotte with owner, | Frank Hines, administrator the naval station were being tested H. B. Plant.and party, left yes-;of veterans’ affairs. tout ast night and found to be in} terday for Tortugas for a few. . “hog. |Pertect working order. This un- days fishing. Afterwards the| Colonel Nathan MacChes-|...5) sight attracted the attention| party will return to Key West andiney, Illinois lawyer, wasiof many citizens. later go to New York. } : vay! Lieutenant H. A. Tellman, U. There they will remain during, PEA by President Hoover |<, N., commandant at the naval the holidays and return in Janu-'to be American minister to!station, told The Citizen today ary. Mr. Plant and guests on the} jthat while the station is not int second trip expect to make the! jthe regular airways routes, the! yacht’s headquarters at Key West, MacNider, who recently re-|season is coming on when there Canada, succeeding Hanford as he did last year. signed ll possibly be a number of planes! jwil Ly estlati jpassing over Key West and he in-/ gern! <—_ i egisiation to : TS iveterans to sell their bonus authorize |tends to have the lights on the! = certificates providing lradio poles burning nightly during} ithe period. the! jbuyer pays off loans x vanced on them by the gov- lernment was proposed ad-! a | inj ithe house by Representative: i j to 25 pounds and all of them were in perfect condition for eating. Their arrival was indirectly the cause of a slight disturbance par- s taken off and loaded on er Lorenz W. Hansen make deliveries to jened and he knew the fish was In the party were County Clerk ticipated in by Florencio Acevedo Ross C. Sawyer, Sheriff Cleveland|®"d Dr. Lueilo de la Pena, who Niles, Benjamin Sawyer, Merville| Were recently deported by presi- Rosam and Captain Joe Johnson. | dential decree. The members were so tired “play-| | When the boat came up to the ing” and hauling the catches in,,dock Mr. Acevedo and Mr. de la the boat that Clerk Sawyer, when! Pena were on the pier. As the he had a hard pulling fish on his|three arrivals appeared on the deck line, said “I hope I lose this one”|of the ship Mr. Acevedo is said and he did. After the line slack-|to have made a slighting remark \about them. This was resented by | Mr. de la Pena and they began to ports America, this: work will pleted by Friday, it is said, FEW AUTO TAGS SOLD THUS FAR gone, he said “Thank heavens!/!r. d Now I can get some rest.” mix it. Arriving at the dock most of; The latter.received a rap on the the fish were given to a crowd|nose and it looked as though it that was there to see the results| Would be a real scrap, when of- of the trip. Aside from being com-|ficials of the company separated pletely fagged and with hands all|the combatants and quiet was re- cut from the lines, although the /*umed. members wore gloves, the party re- ported the best day’s fishing in months. | AGENCY OPENED HERE hi: ‘PAWNEE DUE T0 ARRIVE TONIGHT GOVERNOR COBB SAILS TO- DAY FOR HAVANA WITH 37 PASSENGERS IAKE GET-A-WAY WITH FIF- TEEN THOUSAND DOL- LARS this date an additional 25 percent tof the cost of the tag is added. | {By Auscctated Press) The steamer Governor Cobb, of NEW YORK, Dec. 15.— the P. and O. S. S. company, sail-| ed 1 o'clock this afternoon for Havana with 37 passengers. She/ arrived yesterday from Cuba with passengers and freight. Freighter Pawnee, of the Clyde- Mallory line, is due this evening from New Orleans, enroute to Miami and Jacksonville. Tanker Golf Spray arrived in port today from Tampa with cargo of gasoline for a loca! die-| tribytion plant. i