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Associated Press Day Wire Service VOLUME LIV. No. 198. American Warships Stand By As Cuba Works In Solving Problems Conditions provement; Showing Im- Machado, Deposed President, Still Remains In Nassau (By Associated Press) American warships hov- ered near as the new Cuban government sought to solve the problems _in- herited from the upheaval that caused the Machado regime to fall. Conditions on the island are reported to be improv- ed. Machado, who is at Nas- sau, Bahamas, said he was no longer a factor in Cuba’s affaits. His family proceeded north by train yesterday from Key West apparent- “ly enroute to New York. At Miami, General Mario Menocal, former Cuban president, and op- pdsition leader, said he planned .to quit his. exile soon and return to Cuba. CROSS FLORIDA CANAL TO HAVE SPECIAL STUDY SECRETARY ICKES ORDERS ACTION; ROOSEVELT IN. TERESTED IN IT AS PART OF PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAM (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, A 15.— Seeretary Ickes has ordered a spe-| cial study to be made of the pro- posed Florida ship canal by his deputy, Colonel H. M. Waite. President Roosevelt has een considerable interest in the pro- cross sta’ Ject as part of the public works pr Che Kep West Citsen — KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1933. ‘Our New ‘Spa By HOWARD W. BLAKESLEE , (Associated Press Science Editor) | NEW YORK, Aug. 15.—A! new era in leisure is forecast | by a group of professors of! education of teachers’ | COUNTY CLERK liege, Columbia university, a ithe nation’s business and in- CITES RULING —custey turn « ' |dustry turn to shorter hours | IN FUTCH ACT." work as an aid to national! recovery. ; Novelties of this era are free, PREPARES STATEMENT SHOW. | Shows for adults. Americans pro-} | ficient in the art of conversation. | INGE WHAT: CANZAND EON Necessities are art, music, read- NOT BE DONE IN MATTERS jing, nature study, and play. Most, PERTAINING TO MEASURE P2#tticularly new play ideas hard-shell adult heads. H The era. as the professors see}! it, is likely to kill the old, old divi-: ion between work and play. Take work. Put! pleasure in After for | | | Clerk Ross C. Sawyer has pre-| | pared a clear and concise _ state. Nnerdeda fof i 4 ‘the drudgery out o. j}ment of the things that can PS! sirnoes aisneeie done and connot be done by de-| play. linquents, according to the Futch; “A difficulty now,” says Dr.} Act. These are being given: be-| Daniel H. Kulp, “arises from the; low for the benefit of readers of }12¢t that certain forms of leisure; The Citizen: Only tax certificates two years old can come‘within the provisions of the act. If 1932 taxes are not paid by October 1, 1933, a delinquent prop- after October 1, 1933. Bona fide owners may redeem with bonds, without payment of the 1932 taxes if the redemption is completed by October 1, 1983. Only the county portion of taxes can be paid with bonds for {taxes for the year 1931 and prior years. Taxes for 1932 cannot be paid stances or conditions, with bonds. A delinquent property owner, who fails to pay 1932 taxes bef October 1, 1933, will Tose ‘all ad- vantages of the Futch Act. Delinquent taxes for 1932 and prior years, if paid before Octo- ber 1, 1988, can be paid with bonds and cash. provided such the tax collector, } 1, } payment is made by October. 11933. ~ Alllands subject to taxation, in- jare tax sale certificates outstand- 1932, unless such taxes have been paid. Taxpayers paying with bonds must pay on the levies of respective years. In other words, |if payment is made on a reduced valuation for a subsequent year’s assessment, then payment must be made in cash. Property owners are allowed to by paying | pay delinquent taxes ‘laws before the Futch Act com. {pelled the property owner to p jail taxes due to date when a re- jdemption was made of the prop- erty. | A tax certificate issued in 1932 for. taxes for the year 1931, also ‘certificates issued in 1933 j taxes for the vear 1 cannot be sold to an individual until the cer- tificate is two years old. at any time, under any circum-| Taxes for 1932. must be paid to} eluding lands against which there, ‘ing, must be sold for taxes for; the| | activities that may be provided in| schools are not accessible to large; {portions of our population after} they leave school because of lack: of public facilities. | “Hence, schools should stress Chicago and other places been called the ‘Inxuries of edu- cation.’ That is, the extra-curri- {cular activities, such as dramatics, | mu | clubs, reading clubs, nature clubs. and art clubs. i ‘Nation Of Bleacherites’ “Without doubt one of the, major problems is how much can! schools be responsible for the! creation of desire upon the warty | | | How may shorter work days | advantage of the American ‘worker recommend that the man who has finished his duties in Aap ie {those activities which recently in| marketplace turn to recreations that bring a Speen: cannot pay. with bonds have’ Others urge that the play spirit be put into 2 drudgery and that purpose be put into play, thus dovetailing work | #2aesthesia. and leisure. of the individual to participate in activities, when broadly speaking we are a nation of bleacherites. “Another great probler of allocating public school sources, build tea finance to adult ed to my mind is the gr re ne tion. and That test oppor. _ FORMER ACTRESS IN HER BEDROOM MAN LIVING AT SAME AD. DRESS, ARRESTED IN CON-! NECTION WITH DEATH OF | MRS. ELLA M. SCHRODT | | (iy Associated Prexs) | WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.—The body of Mrs. Ella M. Schrodt, 58- year-old former actre: was found in the bedroom of her home |at Mount Rainier, Md., near here John C. Mulligan, 45, who lives on a murder charge and held without bond. | A neighbor called the police ORPSE OF--—€1TES STATUS IN APPOINTMENTS TO | VARIOUS OFFICES GOVERNOR OF PUERTO RICCO SAYS ALL APPOINTEES ARE OBLIGED TO GIVE UNDATED RESIGNATIONS (ity Ansocinted Press) SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, 15.—Controversy has been started by Governor Robert H. Gores in a published statement that all appointees must give him undate resignations before accepting of one or more years at a time Tax! with a deep cut over the right ‘ice. The governor said his p was to follow out the policy President Roosevel He indicated the sident his resignation before for the nd Ant the liberal part 0 Barcelo, Atter q after being notified by Mulligan. ernor’s action illegal ling. | his’ | ll We Spend It? F e20cces =H | ‘! come, s and work wecks be turned to the and the community? Some shop of loafing. removing its degree work, tunity ahead of “I would str oral conver car tion is ailure to sonversa- anding de- e American, certain amount i well be spent in on an enjoyable one of the out fects of of tim nent of perimentation with new concepts ‘loafing. Loafing implies recrea- ‘tion, and we all need a certain} ;amount of that. | | Organization Held Important | “Unless the community is wise! ‘enough to organize in a whole-| hearted and wholesale way a rich} | program of leisure activities there jis danger of creating youthful de- ; linquents and criminals. { “The day may come that in or-} ,der to take up the danger of free} leisure, the community may sup- ply recreation to compete with ‘commercialized affairs. Why not free music, free movie free} shows for adults as well as chil- j dren? i | “I’m not fearful of the evitable criminal results of in- jereased leisure. I doubt very ;much that increased leisure would increase drinking of gambling.” | Dr. William H..Kilpatrick says:} “One of the main things we want! jis not to break life up into two! {parts, one part a deudgery inj ‘which we make the {money, the! jother fan in which | we spend| jmioney. “In the future we want! [people to engage moxe and more| in meaningful work which will be; —National guardsmen j interesting to them.” So | Unprepared For Leisure President WOUNDED NEGRO KEPT FROM MOB BY GUARDSMEN ESCAPED LYNCHING PARTY, WHICH KILLED TWO OTHER NEGROES, INDICTED IN WHITE GIRL SLAYING in- | i | | H | | { (Ns Associated Press) TUSCALOOSA, Ala., Aug. 15. mobilized |to protect a wounded negro, who tescaped a lynching party, ich | The leisure that has already!, .. ei a 5 * Dr. Harold Rugg, killed two others indicted with him ‘caught thé average man unaware i? the slaying of a white girl. The and unprepared, inegro, Elmore Clark, was found in “Millions of people,” he said,!a shed at the home of a negro in “have resorted to experiences} Vv: ; Which are little less than shecr| Witness the daily} ‘milling about of restless crowds’ leading the search since the lynch- in city squares, the herding to-|ing Sunday, was notified of Clark's gether in athletic fields, the ex. ance, Ala. Sheriff Shamblin, who had been presence by a negro homeowner and a negro physician, and norms of sex life, the gin rei ‘D . F Clark told officers ; Parties and the petting parties in| | Which all ages and_all social classes!members were masked indulge, ; “Our chief cultural goal is not jSoods but men.” the mob and he {recognized none of them. He gave {brought to jail here and physicians Florida National Guardsmen Hold Target Practice The First B: Regiment Coast Guar Wall, engaged in 10 inch rifle n of the 265th Artillery, Florida National L. service target inde: practice this morn- This afternoon several shots were fired to edmplete the ‘sched- ule. What records were made, th hits and other data are ber of ay be ready it ion tomorrow, was ampment. orrow the Second Battalion, Vv 12 ase a 1046 po Vv. inch nder Major iam Albury, 1 fire the mortars. i projectile, r service charge of powder, th range of approximately 6,- rifles use a der charge by es weigh a trifle less 000 The eavie rice pow the mortars, 512 Major P.! were called. He is wounded by bullet wounds in the thigh, arm and shoulder. He, Dan Pippin, Jr., and A. T. Harden were indicted for the slaying of Miss Vaudine Maddox, a 21-year-old farmer’s daughter, July 10. Trials were indefinitely when Pippin and Today ~———--___ } poned W. MALONE IS post- his ; vided by the International Labor Defense. | The sheriff attempted to move | Sunday for safekeeping when a BEATING WIFE 32° took them. Pippin and Har- }den were lynched, but Clark es- jeaped by running. “ccomem, sm FLOOD IN CHINA DROWNS 1,000 BE HEARD HERE THIS arT.| ERNOON RIVER CONTINUES TO RAGE; j DIKES OF KAIFENG } HOLDS | | | | ; William Malone, fisherman, was jarrested this morning by Traffic | Officer Alberto Camero on a i chargé of severely beating his wife, | Violet Malone, ' | According to Malone’s story he had his boat all prepared for a fishing trip and even had the ice on board ready to sail. (Ny Associated Press) KAIFENG, China, Aug. 15.— Ove thousand peasants were re- ported drowned in a few minutes Something jno details of his escape. He was| j parents repudiated attorneys pro-! For 53 Years Devoted to the Best interests of Key West Family Of Deposed Of Cuba Leaves Aboard Train Members Of Party Ex- press Gratitude For Kindly Reception Re- ceived In Key West | Walking through a lane ee of files of the Florida | National Guard, under com- jmand of Lieutenant Colonel |M. R. Woodward, Mrs. El- jvira Machado de Machado, ; wife of the abdicated presi- | dent of the Cuban Republic, | three daughters, three sons- j in-law, five grandchildren, tand a retinue of servants, left the Cuban gunboat- eschi General Juan Bruno | Zayas, yesterday afternoon, lentrained in a private car on | Train 76 and left over the !East Coast R’y., for New | York. Relates Story To Sheriff Karl 0. Thompson, ‘who is accompanying the purty as ‘ far as Miami, Dr. Baldomero Grau j related the terrors that seized the | Machado’ family-while they were ; endeavoring to make their escape \from Cuba. ;. “We were in a farm house at | Batabano, where we thought we were safe, as we had fled there in the dead of night and felt con- 'fident none of the oppositionists knew of our whereabouts, Eight ‘o'clock Sunday night I received a | telephone message, sharp, short and terrifying,” said Dr. Grau. | “This ig a friend,” said {voice bad ag wire. “ ‘Get out 'of Cuba quick. The oppositionists know where you are and & mob jof them is on the way to the farm {house to capture you and all the | family.” } | Hurried Get-Away “Most of our suitcases were un- packed. We grabbed them, threw clothing into others and took only {four trunks with us, Just as the ‘Nast of us were leaving in small boats to board the yacht, I heard the noise of the approaching crowd, I thought they would at- | tempt to follow us, but evidently jthey did not find out where we had gone until it was too late.” “Sheriff Thompgon, who was with the refugees since their ar |rival yesterday morning, said that jall members of the party were very nervous, but that Dr. Grau The action by Seeretary Ickes! is believed indicative of a f when dikes of the Yellow River|seemed more nervous than any of the others, This condition being due, probably, to his having eharge certificate is two years old it then Lieutenant ap- -j Comes under the Futch Act | Interest charged under the act; Parently had been dead several, j went wrong with the motor and he found it necessary to return to; organic act s row Wilson There are i Police said the woman ponsored by W. : broke and flood waters covered Secon attitude by the administration on the canal, NIGHT WATCHMAN SHOOTS ROBBER BELIEVES HE WOUNDED ONE OF OTHERS ESCAP. ING (ty a PENNEY FARM H 4 Preea? Aug. 15. watchman, w he atore wounded Sunner night d killed one three men discovered robb grocery eved he twe who, es- caped unidentified » which po h thieves’ automo- ce think is'a stolen car, left fled was hind when the pair GOOD GROUNDS CHICAGO,—Be band in burr ghost v Mrs lis only 5 per cent. j All delinquent taxes for 1932 and subsequent years will pay in- terest at the rate, of the first year, 10 per second year and & | year thereafter. REYNOLD GARCIA HELD FOR TRIAL } | 18 per cent cent the Reynold Garcia was gi {hearing in Judge Hugh ¢ court this morning on a char assault and battery on of Samuel Cleare, col wh claims Garcia brass knuckles. While the Was not -b1 truck of witne evidence case er defendant was r elease of his attorney, J. Y. Pe "STRAND THEATER “Skeets” Gallag EASY MILLIONS A DON'T BET ON LOV Matinee: Balcony 10c tea, 15-20; Night E Orches 15-25« “| Rainier’s police chief. cations at least thet one ca ment hours. ver to court. | Malligan claimed Mrs. ~~ TWO DEATHS FROM retired about midnight and he went to sleep on the front porch. | He said he thought the woman her head, but made her way to bed be- fore she died. | fell in a bathroom and cut (Me Awsactated Prewns LOS ANGELES, Aug. 15. Two deaths were ascribed to the heat southern California. Wallece Kelley, Long Beach, died at Eldorado mine T. B died from Ortega j Mulligan was arrested on 2 wave blanketing warrant sworn out by Mount DISCOVERY MADE. OF ‘BIGGEST BIRD’ (My Ancoeinted Prenat SYDNEY, Australia, Aug ains of a bird, be biggest that been discovered Fortune, 16, sunstroke in His father, R. L. Fortune, shot himself irformed of the boy's death, and is not expected to recov- mountains. when 15. jeved to the ever at near Rrewarrina st extinct er. Temperatures from 112 to 119 degrees had been reached im the rich agricultural d han or remains of museum valley The lat- degree imperial trict ter figure being one € above the former heat record or the district Many other points _ EXCESSIVE HEAT « it £0! ertiller Guard Band, Marit Ke ers 0 eturn they and t pend the hours me time later f the orches- Miramar on the sn{ the house. LaMonaca,| nanan eneneSaReN SAAR CNP a large area. The stream con- Arriving there he says he found an unwelepme visitor and proceed- ed to give his spouse a severe thrashing. During the time he was administering the chastisement a crowd collected. Officer Camero waz. going in his work on his boat. He says the crowd collected in the of the cemetery and went to investigate. Arriving on the scene he found Malone's wife lying on the grass bleeding profusely from the mouth told some of the bystanders that shé was given medica and arrested Mal ase was scheduled for hear s afternoon in the court of O. Roberts, justice of the tinued to rage. Dikes north of Kaifeng, a city of 175,000 in northeastern China, is holding against the community nearly isolated by the floods. CITRUS GROWERS the swirling waters, but is ion ne TAKE FIRST STEPS BY NAM. ING STATE DIREC- TORS SPECIAL SALE | Norge and Majestic | it Electric Refrigerators |)\"","*"* Terms for this sale: m « $2.00 DOWN AND | i $2.00 PER WEEK BUY NOW! } i ' J. L. Stowers Music Co. (sg A sneciated Prens) ORLANDO, A 15. pendent citrua grov * firet = 2 solidis t a meeting in Lakeland late represent- he ‘s production, * teward forma- tt ¢ welded organize than yesterday, it is announced here, were, {fs in to director offic Five of nine mate named, others and new independent amo named at a Lekeiand. vemet August 3 a yr jof the party and keenly felt the burden of the serious respon lsibility of looking after their jsafety and transportation north. Fear of Attack “He continually referred,” said ithe sheriff, “to his fear of being fattacked. I assured him over and over that there would not be the least trouble in Key West. Finally {I teid him I would accompany the iparty as far as Miami and that I bwould arrange for his protection Ithere, I thought he had quiste: dewn bot suddenly he anid t thad a premonition that so hing terrible would happen and that his sole concern was the children nthe and women.” | Sheriff iff Thompron telephoned Sheriff Dan Hardie in Miami and received the reply that the sheriff ‘and deputies would meet the train at Homestesd and ride to Miami i the party. Sheriff Thomp- also asked the Miami chief of police to be on guard at the station when the train arrived, Appeared Wesried Machalo and her cooked more wearied 4 and theugh servants ng for the children she and her daughters walked beside them ako with Sheriff Thompacn ,;and guerdemen in the rear giving (Continaed on Page Foury SMrx, daugh ters than * ‘