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Associated Press Day Wire Service J VOLUME LIV. No. 293-~ 5 SNOWSTORM IN CALIFORNIA RESULTS IN DEATH OF ONE PERSON; 7. WERE: INJURED Mile-An-Hour Winds) TH) FOR JOURNEY Barge Torn Away From TO WINTER HOME Anchorage NINETY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD CAP- ITALIST LEFT WITH LIN- GERING COUGH AS RESULT) OF ATTACK OF GRIPPE (By Associated Press) A blinding snowstorm ac- companying a tardy winter, caused the death of one per- son today in California and (By Associated Press) — Tie Kev West Citwen KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1933. Ks a | | So was the first Thanksgiving ‘Day in America observed, That spirit, continuing, was, in 1864, to inspire the proclamation which made the observance of Thanksgiving in November an an- nual holiday from that time on. The country had been torn by civil conflict; brother had been set against brother. The false economic prosperity of the war days ruled the market place. The nation was _ battle- weary and afraid. ‘ ; Abraham Lincoln, in the midst {of this unrest, proclaimed that the {fourth Thursday in November of that year, and of succeeding years, should be set aside as a day of thanksgiving. Perhaps he took his cue from the first president, George Wash- ington, who, in 1789, proclaimed TURKEYS, cranberries, pumpkins make a festival of the harvest timé: . . . The blue haze of late autumn hangs in'the valley. : .. Grass brittle with frost crunches under foot... . It is Thanksgiving Day. Feasting and good cheer are in order. The year’s work nears its end. A fertile soil has yielded its bounty. The time, for many, is one of celebration, of merrymak- ing. But the holiday was conceived in misery. Pilgrims. lashed by intolerance fled to _America. Storms forced them from their injury to seven others. Snow, which fell along the coast range last night back of Santa Barbara, sprinkled TARRYTOWN, N. Y., Nov. 29. —An old-fashioned attack of grippe which has left a lingering cough with John D. Rockefeller, | Sr., may keep the 94-year-old! over Los Angeles, and New- port Beach experienced a 60-mile-an-hour blow. capitalist away from his winter home at Ormond Beach, Florida,| this season for the first time inj 30 years. _ Virginian goal and brought them to the forbidding coast of Massa- ‘ chusetts. There they. scratched in the dirt and planted their crops with one eye on the Indians, But sickness had taken its toll| landed with nothing; now they had; comparative abundance. Humbly, they bowed their heads and gave. thanks to an almighty) providence. | They bade the Indians come} Thursday, November 26, as a gen- eral day of thanksgiving. oe Wars and depressions in many years have made a deep imprint! on the observances, but always the holiday carries through. STOCKYARDS WAS SETTLED TODAY, TEN PERCENT WAGE _IN- CREASE AGREED -ON; WALK OUT INVOLVED ABOUT EIGHT THOUSAND MEN { (By Associated Press) For 53 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Nine Additional Projects For Key West-Approved Tn Civil Works PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS CALL FOR EX- PENDITURE OF $120,000 ASIDE FROM $100,- 000 ALLOCATED LAST WEEK; CITY AQUA- RIUM COSTING $30,000 INCLUDED IN VA- RIOUS PROJECTS (By Ansociated Press) TALLAHASSEE, Nov. 29.—The Civil Works Administration today approved, subject to confirma- tion by engineers and auditors, the following projects And so today does it bring to] CHICAGO, Nov. °29.—A strike among the redskins, and they were'from te forest and join them in'/1933 the spirit first expressed in friendly to the settlers. ; three days of feasting and thanks- ,1 In the autumn the Pilgrims har-! giving. The joyous laughter of ,b ngs received. of thankfulness —the spirit of gratitude for’ There-wasysome-hait the wind, and three oil der- ricks were blown down in the Signal oil fields, one crashing through a cottage. , Twenty persons aboard a fishing . barge were endan- gered when the barge tore from its anchor at Newport Beach, A temporary anchor was made and 14 men and ‘six women experienced a gale a mile off shore. Roy Robbins, film coyboy, employed at the Hoot Gibson ranch, was killed in a terrific crash in which four automo- biles were’involved,. The crash was said to have been caused by the blinding snow- storm, 1) In the meantime it was warmer in most sections of the eastern half of the coun- try. The outlook was for cloud- iness over most of the south- eastern area tonight. There was little change in temperatures which have continued upward — since Monday morning. é Seeceveseceveceveovecces © Strand-—“Bast of Fifth Ave- ue” and “The Solitaire Man.” TOMORROW Palace——“Drifting Souls.” Strand—“The Power and the Glory” nue.” cod * | she is justly entitled,” * After an'~ examination” by > a! physician from the Rockefeller! Institute who was called in by John D., Jr., it was said plans for the customary Rockefeller hegira from the northern snow and cold “hung in the balance” today. As a result no date for his pos- sible departure has been consid- | ered, and no plans will be made until Rockefeller is in shape again. REPRESENTATIVE OF ICKES TO BE HEARD IN MIAMI HENRY T. HUNT WILL SPEAK IN INTEREST OF FLORIDA AT CONFERENCE CALLED FOR DECEMBER 4 | | (Special to The Citizen) JACKSONVILLE, Nov. 29.— Henry T. Hunt, Washington, D. G., general counsel Public Works} Administration, will speak at the! Florida Looks Forward Confer- ence in Miami, Dec. 4, represent- ing Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes. This is the an-} nouncement made today by Harold} Colee, Jacksonville, chairman of} the committee on arrangements of tite state chamber conference. “Florida is beginning to get aj measure of recognition from the! federal government,” said Mr.} Colee. “Florida has never had) the recognition she deserves. Cer-/ tainly it is not comparable to that accorded other states. We are confident that Florida will te-! ceive the help and support from’ the federal government to which | he con- tinued. “By securing a personal repre- } sentative of Secretary Ickes | speaker at our Florida Looks Fér-! | ward Conference, we hope to ob-} tain a clearer conception of ‘Florida's Place in the National Picture.’ which will be the topic/ | | | vested their crops and made ready for thé winter and its rigors. high-hatted men and hooded won en met the stoical faces of the! It was @ gteat contrast. They inatives. ee ay Se wood 90 for troubles averted. | Again the nation“bows its head YELLOW FEVER SCARE CHANGES LINDY’S PLANS SEEKS INFORMATION RELA- TIVE TO HEALTH CONDI-}o’clock this morning in Mer-|be a living torch. Mrs. Angelina Roberts Dies As Result Of Terrible Burns Mrs. Angelina Roberts, 16- year-old mother, died at 2:30 TIONS AT AFRICAN POINTS;!cedes hospital from terrible! TO SLEEP ABOARD PLANE (By Associated Press) PORTO PRAIA, Cape Verde Is- lands, Nov. 29.—Colonel Charles Lindbergh sérit messages to Sene- galese ports, ‘south of Dalat, to-| ome time and had recently been! at 4 o'clock this afternoon from day asking information on health! morbidly conditions on that portion of the| troubles. obins, |her intention was when the atten-| Memorial church, officiating. African coast. A yellow fever scare at Dakar eaused him to change his plans to! ¢17 Amel fly to that city from here where he has rested since Monday. in his plane today and planned to go aboard it again tonight as he! has done since his arrival, Dakar authorities suggested to him that because of an isolated ease of yellow fever they pre- ferred that Mrs. Lindbergh should not be exposed unnecessarily to possible danger. COUNTY TAXES .PAYABLE NOW According to, a notice from Frank H. Ladd, tax collcetor of Monroe county, appearing in The Citizen yesterday, tak books for } 1 i {found Mrs. Roberts enveloped with | brothers and three He put 50 gations of gasoline | | | | MISSOURI GOVERNOR MAKES when he returned by | i and “East of Fifth Ave-| of Mr. Hunt’s address.” Mr. Colee' the collection of state and county| said Mr, Hunt’s presence had been taxes forthe year 1933 are now’ seeured through the efforts of} | Governor Sholtz and Geo. B. Hills lof Jacksonville. ; | The statewide business confer- + lence being sponsored by the state pee in connection with its }seventeenth annual meeting will jbe held at the Hotel McAllister jin Miami. Dec. 4-5, Dr. Chas. | Mayo, Arthur Brisbane, Governor Robt. H. Gore and Governor Sholtz are other featured speakers. open at he collector's office in the county court house. It is shown that four percent! statement today, said. “there“is no welcome back!” [DISAPPROVES OF burns which resulted when! she, yesterday afternoon, saturated her clothing with! oil and applied a match, it is said. She had been despondent for worried over family The first intimation of tion of neighbors was attracted by} screams coming from the home at/ lia street { the they Hurrying to home 1 \ LYNCHING NEGRO STATEMENT CONCERN. ING PROCEEDINGS (Ry Associated Press) JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Park, Nov. 29.—Governor Guy a discount will be allowed on pay-| justification” for the lynching last ment of taxes up to and includ-/night of Lioyd Warner, negro, at o7. 27. ing December one percent during February. The notice also states thatlishable by death, the: ‘Three percent | St. Joseph. for the remainder of December} two percent during January andjand other reports that “While it appears from press Warner confessed to a he t any) taxes become delinquent Apri! 1,!justifiestion for a mob,” the fov-/ 1934, ‘ernor said. i Hearty Greeting | On Return To Havana Today: President Roosevelt. the flames from her clothing. As} one of those who hurried to the; scene described it she appeared to The flames were extinguished and the sufferer taken by Odelio Diaz to the office of Dr. Wm. R. Warren where first aid was ren- dered, and afterward to the hos- pital The doctor told The Citizen that Mrs. Roberts was terribly burned. There was no possible chance for recovery. Funeral services are being held the chapel of Pritchard's Funeral Home, Rev. W. W. Robins, of Ley The deceased is survived by her’ husband, Gifford Roberts, a little} son, Gifford, Jr., her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Genovedo Rivera, three sisters. s To Welles (By Associated Press) HAVANA, Nov. 29.—A cheering throng. greeted; Sumner Welles, United| States ambassador, today plane from a conference | More than 1,000 persons, | both Cubans and Americans, | cheered the returning envoy with cries of “viva Welles,’ + | All the way to the em-), bassy was lined with people | who cheered as he passed, greatly touched by the rous-/ -— i jstarted back on their jobs. air-) with |. jof approximately 8,000 workmen \at the Union Stockyards was set-| ‘tled today, at least temporarily, | when the employers’ organization | agreéd to a 10 percent wage in- crease pending further negotia- tions. Within a few minutes after the agreement was reached pickets were withdrawn and the strikers A parley, beginning at mid- night, brought about the agree- ment, which was regarded as aj partial victory for the workers who had demanded a_ return of| the 1929 wage scale or an increase | ‘of about 50 percent over the pay of recent months. | The agreement provided among; other things that all men will be} reemployed without discrimina-} tion. START WORK AT ARMORY ONE CARPENTER AND FOUR! HELPERS ENGAGED IN PRELIMINARY WORK ‘for: Key West which are additional to the $100,000 ap- proved last week: City aquarium, $30,250. Repiairs’to water works, $4,400, © ~~ Repairs and improvements to municipal golf course, $7,000. Repairs to band stand and beautification of parks and streets, $12,060. Construction of docks for exhibition of sponges, $9,780. Repairing and oiling boulevard, $26,020. Repairs to city hall and jail, $10,132. Repairs to ferries operated between No Name Key and Lower Matecumbe, $9,966, Repairs to Monroe county court house and jail, $10,420, The projects approved today total $120,028. Some revisions made in projects approved last week brought \their total up to $102,256. | Activities started on the ar- mory of the Florida National Guard in Key West this morning with one carpenter and four help- ers busy on the preliminary work.| Major William V. Albury says he will have others working as soon as they can be allotted for) the projects from registrants on the Civil Works Administration rolls. Some of the lumber for the re-' pair work has been secured and other lumber and materials are on the way. Much of the material had to be ordered from Miami through local concerns. i As soon as this arrives a suffi cient number of men will be add ed to the force ta complete the repairs and painting within a rea. sonable time, the major said. FLORIDA TAKES 52 PASSEN The Steamship Florida of ; i the sengers, one automobile, four tons) of freight and 107 sacks of mail.} Perry Parrott arrived 5:20 in he afterngon from Cuba with one! car of furniture, 198 sacks of mail and four miscellaneous cars. i Freighter Orard, of the Clyde-| pun-' and Welles appeared to be} Mallory Lines, is due to arrive in| port tomorrow evening from New Orleans, enroute to Miami Jacksonville. and i In addition to the above-named projects, Monroe County was awarded $36,000 for school improve- ments laims Roosevelt Lures Aides To Place Of Rest (Ry Associated Press) ‘WARM SPRINGS, Nov. 29.—, President Sem & going on President Roosevelt was accused | with his objective of the commodi- today by Secretary Wellece of |*¥ dollar. it was reemphasised here i today at the little White House in luring his aides down here for ®| aiing plain that no particular Feet. | significance is attached to the visit Wallace, one of several hard-| of Governor Black of the Federal administration — chief-\ Reserve Board. aims, who has been fighting | The president and Secretary battle for recovery, frankly stat-jIckes have agreed upon an silot- ed he believed the principal pur-|™ent of all except $150,000,000 ¢ was a desire by of the $3,300,000,000 + Publie the president for him to get some | Works fund, and is now estimating relaxation. jthe size of the new public works s , President Roosevelt al-|=ppropriation for congress, it was working pose of his vi 'p. and O. S. S, company. sailed) mest bore it out last night when | #0 announced today. |for Havana yesterday with 52 pas) he remarked to mewspapermen at i | The president also named & a show given by patients here, governmental advisory board as & that be would like to write tomor-| jliquor dictator, row's story, and added “I bet you! wouldn't carry 1” H STRAND THEATER On several days be has reported | Wallace Ford-Dorothy Tree in “Ne news.” EAST OF STH AVENUE ev Elizabeth Allan-Herbert Mar- ROOSEVELT GOES ON shall in THE SOLITAIRE WITH PROGRAM WARM SPRINGS, Nov. 29.— i i | ' { i