The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 29, 1933, Page 1

a + Associated Press Day Wire Service VOLUME LIV. No. 205. Forty-One Deaths Reported From “Sleeping Sickness” More Than Three Hun- dred Others Affected; Forty New Cases Has Been Recorded (ity Associated Press) ST. LOUIS, Aug. 29.—The nation’s highest ranking health official, Hugh S. Cum- mings was to arrive here to make a personal observation of the mysterious epidemic of “sleeping sickness” which has taken~ 41: lives, and af- fected:more:than’300 others. iL‘ Cuntmings; who is surgeon gen- + eral of the United States Public . Health’ “Service, will probably make @ tour of hospitals in which there are isolated cases of en- cephalitis as the disease is known to science, During the last 24 hours 40 new cases in addition to two deaths have been reported with the most Pronounced increase in the num- ber of new patients. “There is no question that the epidemic is still on the increase,” the official said. “We have not yet reached the peak.” SECRETARY ICKES {has ING AGREEMENT FOR OIL INDUSTRY AMy Aqnociated Pronn) E PARK, Aug. 29,—Presi- administrator of the new working’ agreement for the oil industry. The president will name the other 14 members of the oil plan- within the next 24 hours, taking under consideration the list of names submitted by Ickes, As oil administrator, Ickes will have virtual power of dictator over the industry which has been engaged in war that led to over- production andthe wrecking of prices, VOTE ON REPEAL IN WASHINGTON TWEEN WET AND DRY FORCES (By Asnociated Preas) SEATTLE, Wash, Aug. 29.—Prohibitionists talked of “a surprise” in the outcome, and repealists forecast an overwhelming victory as Washington expressed = its will today on the Eighteenth amendment. Washington ig the twenty- fourth state te vote on the question. The ii CAN SCHOOLS GET A BREAK? ASKS LANDIS: ATTORNEY GENERAL AND, MEMBER EDUCATIONA L| BOARD SCORES ROAD EX-! PENDITURES (Special to The Citizen) TALLAHASSEE, Aug. 29.—! Democracy itself is threatened by the extent to which the public has/ “gone road. minded instead of Schoolward. Turn The Child Laborers; ! It’s A’ Task: To Teach 2,000,000: More Prec 00 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 0000 COSC LEK CceceRnesDeDeeeee school minded,” Cary D. Landis,| 9] attorney: general and member of | the state board of education, told) vocational agriculture teachers at_ their annual conference at Day-} tona Beach. Mr. Landis attacked the policy| of still spending vast sums for} roads, while the schools starved. With adoption of NRA codes child labor is passing more and more out of the KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1933. Ger a Of Intangible The intangible tax law is to be inforced says Tax Assessor J. Otto Kirchheiner. To call the at- tention of the owners of intan- gibles in Key West, a notice ap- pears in this issue of The Citizen setting forth what the law. re- quires. Some of the people are com- eu with the law but they are ‘}few and far: between. Require- »|ments are that returns be made yon: the intangible. assets. Those ~-viwho fail to make ‘these. returns «fare: placing themselves in a posi- tion to be punished by a fine of “not more than $500 or be con- fined in the county jail for not) more than six months, or both, in the discretion of ‘the court.” imgustrial _ pic- ’ Cites Various Requirements Tax Measare WALLACE CALLS 53 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Arrives Tax FOR HEARING IN - MARKETING AREA SECRETARY’S ORDER COVERS ACTIVITIES IN CALIFOR- NIA, ARIZONA, TEXAS AND FLORIDA (hy Assocmted Press) WASHINGTON, Aug. 29.— Secretary Wallace today ordered Florida, he declared, already has a| ture, while hundreds of thousands of young people thus released turn toward the country’s schools, Gives Description Bermuda ! Reaches Port Of Hamil- ton; Deposed Official Enroute To Canada (By Ansoctated Preast HAMILTON, Bermuda, Aug. 29.—Gerardo Machado stayed on shipboard today when the liner, which is _ carrying “him to temporary — refuge in Canada, ; here from Nassau. The deposed Cuban-presi~ dent had been in ,Nassau, Bahama Islands, since his. flight from Havana, and was closely guarded all dur- superb highway system, yet carries a budget of approximately $18,- 000,000, including federal aid, for roads, with the public school sys- tem threatened. “We must get away from roads to education or we will fail as a| democracy,” he declared.—(Flor- | ida Times-Union) Great Expense While school terms are being shortened, endangering thé posi- tion of the Florida school system, Landis said, new roads continually ate being built at great expense to the. public. t | “Let’s preserve the thing that preserved our nation,” the at- torney general. said, “the educa- tion, of the youth.of America.”. expressed his belief that public in- struction has saved the nation from many revolutions. — (Daytona Beach News-Journal) Landis criticized both federal and state governments for spend- ing so many millions on roads, “any of which are unnecessary, at the expense of schools. Mainten- ance of present highways,” he said, “should be sufficient, if to build more would mean shortening of school terms and otherwise cut} down educational facilities so vital! to the youth of our democracy.”— (Tampa Tribune) School Emergency The state of Florida is to re- ceive from the federal government an unexpected gift of $5,000,000 for roads, With the revenues from the gasoline tax, plus the sual! matching of funds by the United! States, and plus this latest and most generous contribution, the! state of Florida will have a road| building orgy equalled only by the| goom time frenzy. Yet the schools) opening this fall will have shorter) terms, teachers’ salaries will be! reduced again, and the past duc} bills will remain unpaid, | In enacting a National Recovery | Act, congress declared that. an emergency exists. Can there be} any greater emergency than the/ condition which now exists in ref-| erence to public school education? | Is it absolutely necessary that) more roads be built? Why can’t} some of the state gasoline money} be diverted to the schools? deficit in the school funds were} mt by the gasoline tax there would) be plenty left for all necessary! road building. ‘who owns GET PAID TODAY, TWELVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY, DOLLARS DISTRIBUTED | TO LOCAL FORCES It is estimated that there are about 2,000,000 children under 17 em- For the benefit of those who public hearings September 7th on|ing the time that he re- jof the association, says that in the jing of arsenated grapefruit. already heavily burdened. ployed in American industries. be increased by that number,, By ALEXANDER R. GEORGE (ty Ansocinted Press? WASHINGTON, Aug. 29. —tThe nation’s school sys- tem, already crippled by lack of funds and facili to care for normal edu- cational needs, faces an ex- tra burden this fall. Thousands of children, released from the wage earners’ ranks by! elimination of child labor ened the various industrial codes, ‘will /be" seeking their places in’ schools where classes have crowded and where educational) ir some 2,000,000 young Amer-|ing number of pupils means a been - over- services have been eliminated or drastically curtailed. Shorter Sessions Likely { fficials of the National Edu- cation association. predict that ow- ing to the shortage of funds and to widespread retrenchment, the average school year of 1933-1934 will be shortened two months, a curtailment double that of the preceding year. Dr, William G. Carr, assistant director of the research division last school year more than 250,- 000 children were allowed to at- tend school only on a part-time| VALIDITY OF ANTI- ARSENIC LAW IS UPHELD CIRCUIT JUDGE ALBRITTON| DENIES TEMPORARY IN- JUNCTION FROM HALTING | MARKETING GRAPEFRUIT «hy Associated Press) | SARASOTA, Aug. 29.—Cireuit! If the Judge Albritton upheld the validity of the state anti-arsenic law, deny- ing temporary injunction to pre- vent Commissioner. of Agriculture Nathan Mayo from‘halting market- } This results from an injunction,’ brought by W. A, Bispham, Jr.,! grapefruit trees in! Sarasota county. Bispham's at) torneys said they would appeal to: the supreme. court. An opposite ruling was handed down recently by the cireuit jadge at Lakeland, and the attorney gen- eral’s office said it world appeal. 4 STORM REPORT ducators are considering the prospect that school enrollments might lay, he says, in the construction of some 4,000 needed rural school-} houses while more than 18,000 rural school districts are not. mak- ing the necessary minor repairs to keep their buildings and equip- ment from deterioration. basis and an additional 150,000 were housed in portable shacks. Last Year’s Scho Inadequate The records indicate, he says, j that an exceedingly inadequate and brief educational opportunity, {and in some cases no education at jall, was offered last year to about Enrollments r 500,000 American boys and girls.| He points out that while. the The number of children who| supply of educational opportunity will be released from child labor/is diminishing, the demand con- |to return to school under the in-|tinues to increase. Each year. | dustrial codes cannot be deter-jthere have been ababixieuatelyt mined definitely, educators say. 200,000 more children enrolled in Dr. Carr has estimated that rough-|the public schools than the year ly 2,100,000, out of 31,000,000 pprevious. children from 5, to 17 years.of}» .Meatiwhile,. there has-been a) are not thoroughly familiar with: the law, the classes of intangibles! are described briefly for readers of this paper. They are divided) into three classes. Class A is all stocks or shares; of incorporated or unincorporated| companies. All bonds except bonds of the several municipalities and counties of Florida, and also such bonds or governmental bonds as may be exempt by the constitu- tion ‘of the United States. Class B includes all notes, bonds and other obligations for the payment of money which are secured by mortgage, deed of trust separate marketing agreements, covering California, Texas and Florida citrus growing areas, through which a_ national plan for marketing oranges and grapefruit may be brought aboiit. A plan on the principles agreed. upon at a conference here re- cently calls for coordinating ship- ments of citrus fruit from various producing areas through national citrys stabilization committees for oranges and grapefruit. These would cooperate with a national coordinator appointed by Wallace {in an effort to prevent market gluts and improve in _ stabilizing Arizona, | prices, foreach area, ‘contain™ identical or other leases or liens upon real mained at the English port, While no definite state- ment has been made by Ma- chado as to his final desti- nation, it is understood that he will sojourn at some point in Canada for a time at least. Great secrecy ‘has been his movements, attached " due. to the fact that many rumors were. circulated 2 age, are employed. What would normally. happen icans were taken out of factories, mills and mines and from behind store counters and placed in school? New | Teachers, Buildings) Needed Dr. Carr says that in addition, to the opéning up fi their {jobs to unemployed adults, at least’ 80,- 000. additional teachers,and. 20,- 000 new school employes’ of’ other types would be required ade- in the schools. Hundreds of new school buildings would be needed. Yet, owing to the lack of funds and to drastic economies ‘in school expenditures ,there has been de- or personal ot in Florida, Provided that part of the value of the mortgage or other lien, the property of which , r is located within the state, shall | higher pupil-teacher ratio and in} bear to the whole value of the most schools an increased size of! property described in said obliga- class. There was a, general-ten-| tion, shall be classified and known dency, however, {o. intrease ‘class|as Glass B Intangible Persoridl {size in city school systems’ before] Property... | the depression. Class © includes all other per- ith the prospect of & greatly! sonal property not included in increased enrollment gnil a fur-| Class A and B, providing that in- ‘decreasing number of — teachers, which combined with the increas- sections providing for a national) plan. The Florida agreement. in- volves a citrus exchange clearing ouse association group of in- dependent shippers. . National or- ange and grapefruit committees: would have the power, when seri- 18 markéting: conditiuns. arise to it the volume of citrus fruit shipped to United States and Canada and allocate: shipments from each state and Puerto Rico. ther retrenchment in expenditures,/tangible personal rt - educators are apprehensive that. Hohipoa De cot Se mana lyear when teachers in several! educational association shall be states worked without. pay and exempt from taxes. Nothing here- thousands of schools were cl in, he aonthe ketévs’ tha expiration ofa 8 tt et their regular terms. Plans Investigation The state comptroller advises {Agricultural (ity Asnoctated Presa) WASHINGTON, Aug. 29.—Jus- tice Danie! O'Donoghue of the District of Colum! court upheld the constitutionality of the agriculture adjustment act. Di injunction which would restrain Secretary Wallace from sing suit for temporary enforc- ing the Chicago milkshed agree- jment, he declared the emergency justified the law. The plaintiff's attorneys an- miounced that they would appeal the decision. Suits were entered against Wallace by the Hlincis milk deal- s, who tontended the Chicago ‘ikshed agreement of fixing the price at 10 cents a quart would Upholds Constitutionality Of he believes in a fair and impar- tial administration of the laws of the state and after the closing of the books of the state for 1933! will have representatives’ from his = i office make an investigation in et the several counties: of the state as to whether or not proper re- BETS Hs turns have been made. | | In the event that proper re- STR. COLORADO «|screrssetansra who have failed’ to do so will be} considered to have evaded the; BRINGS FREIGHT }laws of the state and their names| | j will be handed to state attorneys and other prosecuting officers,! together with such information as necessary, and they be requested! to invoke the penalty as pro- vided. ANNOUNCEMENT The ferry Parrott of the F. E. . C. Car Ferry company, arrived|TO MY FRIENDS AND THE yesterday afternoon 5 o'clock} VOTERS OF KEY WEST: from Havana with one carload of} 1 take this method of announc- mail and 12 miscellaneous, ing to my many friends and to the Freighter Colorado of the Clyde-| voters generally in the November Mallory line came in 6:45 o’elock|City Election, that I will at that yesterday afternoon from New/time offer myself as a candidate York with heavy shipments of food|for the office of Police Justice, stuffs and a consignment of beer.|and I hereby solicit their support She sailed 8:30 for Tampa and /and vote. Mobile. . In offering myself as a eandi- Tanker Derby Line of the Tex-|date for this office, I do so, feel- as Oil company is due at the Por-}ing that, if elected, I can and will |ter dock tonight with = cargo of | fullfill the duties in connection fuel oil to be discharged into the; therewith in an able manner. tanks. I am making a special appeal to TANKER DERBY TO ARRIVE; AT THIS PORT TONIGHT | were Mr. and Mrs. | Gore, of Albuquerque, their Proration of shipments within set up under separate marketing agreements, FIVE KILLED IN CRASH OF PLANE TWO PILOTS ARE VIC- TIMS OF ACCIDENT (iy Annocinted Prewnd CLOVIS, New Mexico, Aug. 29.—A tri-motor plane crashed near here during the night and three passengers and two pilots were re- ported killed. Those aboard the plane Ralph granddaughter, Evlyn Gore, age three, of Amarillo; H. R. Morgan and W. G. Barcus, Kansas City pilots. PLAN ORIENTAL ECONOMIC PARLEY (Ry Assorinted Press} MANILA, P. 1. Ang. 29-- Alexander Hame Ford, director of the Pan-Pacific Union, has of his opponents were on the way to Nassau seeking him, possibly with an intent to in- flict bodily harm or maybe a worse fate. 3 The members of his family are believed to be located somewhere in the United States, possibly Philadelphia, the school crisis this year will be| political subdivision or any reli.|¥#ti0us producing areas would be| where it was said that the | quately to instruct this new army even more acute than it was last| gious, charitable, benevolent or|#°Vermed by control committees family arrived some time ago, shortly after Machado made his exit from ~the Cuban capital. SIX FORTY INJURED WHEN TRAIN: PLUNGES FROM BRIDGE INTO WATER : (By Ausoctated Prenn) TUCUMCARI, New Mex- ico, Aug. 28.—At least six were killed and 40 others in- jured when a transcon- through a washed out bridge into « waterfilled arroyo near here. The en- gine and six coaches tumbled dead. Others dead are three women and two men im the leading day coach. MARVIN THOMPSON SEEKS CITY OFFICE twenty-three have gene solid- j | ly for repeal. Last pay day of the month of WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 29.! ruin their over-counter cash busi- Deys professed to be hope- | Atigust today for employes of the! Agvisory 10:30 a. m.: ‘Tropical! fal, but wets had statistics on [Emergency Relief ¢ To! disturbance of considerable in- thei side. 450 workers, most of w arei tensity but small diameter cen- one day employes, the sum of $1,-itral about 200 miles east north- {my numerous friends for their! launched here a plan for an orien- |Support in thi srace, and assure tal economic conference similar i them that any effort in my behalf'to the London parley. He pro- | will be appreciated. j poses that China, Japan, Siam, €. MARVIN THOMPSON. (India, Australia and the Philip- MASONS They now sell milk at six il Past , Masters. Night, Wednes- and one-fourth cents a quart. day, Aug. 30, 1933. Dade Lodge No. 14, F. A. M. will open at 8) REMOVAL NOTICE L. VALLADARES & SON BOOK STORE formerly at S05 Duval Street New located at 509 DUVAL STREET 250.40 was disbursed, There is a possibility, it is said, of an increase in funds being al Hetted to Monroe county, which will enable the council to so ar- range the work as to slight crease the monthly carnin the registrants. = of moving westward. Another dis- turbance of slight intensity cen-' tral about 175 miles southeast of Corpus Christi’. Texes, apparently moving northward, Storm warn- ings ordered Port Arthur to Cor- pus Christi, Texas. jeast of Puerto Rico apparently) «7RAND THEATER Barbara Stanwyck and George Brent in BABY FACE dJehn BolesJeanette Loff in KING OF JAZZ Matinee: Balcony 10c; Orches- tea, 15-20c; Night 15-25¢ Resasnictong | FINED FOR VIOLATION | MANSFIELD, 0.—The son of | the fire chief in this. city was! lp. m. Work in M. M. degree.) | Members of Dade Lodge are. re-/ |quested to be present and ail} | Masons of other lodges are ex- jtended a cordial invitation to be oe fined $25 and costs recently | this city recently mailed = $1 bill pines send delegates to Baguic, a Philippine mountain. resort. 5. MAKES GOOD THEFT BREMHAM. Tex.—A citizen of | Movember. Hig statement to AG. LUND, W.M. | when be pleaded guilty of turning to a grocer from whom he stole =| voters is aug28-3t in false alarms, dozen iemons ten years ago. issue of The