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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-09-13
TWO DIFFERENT
VIEWS In CASE
OF G. COURSON
ONE DESCRIBES PRISONER
AS kIND-HEARTED, WHILE
ANOTHER PICTURES HIM
RATHER BLACK
.Ity AssocIa,cd s-ressl

TALLAHASSEE, Sept. a.
George Courson, sentenced to 20
years for tie prison sweatbox
death of Arthur Maillefert, was
described before the supreme court
today as a man who had kindness
in his heart, and as a man whose
deeds at Sunbeam Camp, near
Jacksonville. justified a first de-
gree murder conviction rather
than manslaughter.
The first description was by c..
A. Averitt, Courson's counsel, who
brought the appeal to the supreme
court. Attorney General Landis
presented the opposite view.
Averitt sought new trial on
three grounds-admission exhibits
at trial, qualification of juror and
reasonable doubt of trial evidence.
Lands said he had examined the
record and it sis as free from err
rors as any have ever examined"
The court took the case under
consideration.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-09-13
Economic League Discusses
Question OF Opening Naval
Station And Bond Election

Opening of the naval station
and getting out voters for the
bond election on September IS
were the two important questions
discussed at the meeting of the
Economic League last night.
That there is a possibility of the
naval station being put back on an
active basis is the belief of league
members and il was decided 70 en-
list the aid Of the Florida delega-
ton in Washington TO bring this
about.
Mark Wilcox. congressman from
this district. has on several oeca-
sions taken up this matter and a
telegram published in the Florida
press yesterday showed that he
had again urged that the station
be opened especially because Of
the disturbed conditions in Cuba
and South America.
II was decided To send a conn
munication to Senator TrammeIl.
chairman OF the Senate Naval
Committee, and ask that he use
his efforts in behalf Of the propo-
sis5on and as head Of the commit
tee on naval affairs recommend il.
The situation relative 10 getting
out voters for the bond election
was discussed at great length
Many Of those who would vote and
have paid their poll taxes live .
great distance from the voting
precincts. and in the case 81 older
men and women would prove o
hardship il they were forced 70
walk 70 the booths
That there viii be a Sufficient
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-09-13
STORM REPORT

WASHINGTON, %. C.. Sept.
13.-Advisory 10: a. M: Tropical
disturbance central about $500
north. s. west. moving west
northwestwsrd about n miles per
hour attended by gales and pos
sibiy By winds 81 hurricane force
over small area near center. Trop.
zeal disturbance in extreme west
ern Caribbean has Turned toward
the northwest and = apparently
conferred over lard about 100
miles north of Belize. British Hon
dufas II i attended b. gales ever
a considerable area.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-09-13
TRAMbELL AND PORTER
MAKING EFFORT TOWARD
REOPEN|NC NAVY YARD
ny PAUL NAY


Special Washington of
WASHINGTON, Sept. Ex-senator Trammell
and William r. Porter of Key West will confer this
afternoon with Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Roosevelt to urge reopenng of the naval station at
Key West, Mr.. Porter announced this morning.
The Florida men will take the position that i'm
view of the Cuban situation, which has resulted i'm
basing of dozen ships at Key West, without proper
facilities for caring for them, reopening of the Hey
West naval base would be prudent move.
The base would be highly valuable as a center for
operations and a distribution and storage point for
supplies Porter said.
He and Senator Tramme will attempt to con-
vince Assistant Secretary Roosevelt of this at their
conference he said.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-09-13
FEDERAL AID Is
TO BE GIVEN TO
STRICKEN AREAS
SIXTY MILLION ORDERED BY
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT TO
MEET EMERGENCIES IN
STORM SECTIONS

WASHINGTON. Sept. h.
Federal aid totaling sso. 600 900
has been ordered by President
Roosevelt to meet emergencies
from drought. hurricane and grass
hoppeFs.
lie instructed the emergency re-
lief director. farms credit bureau
and public works board 70 cooper
ate 10 getting aid to stricken areas
u Florida. Texas and the Dak0sAs.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-09-13
TO FOLLOW LINE OF
STRICT NEUTRALITY

WASHINGTON, Sept. a.
Disturbed by increasing threats of
armed conflict between the new
Cuban government and Havana's
besieged army officers, the Roose-
welt administration gave notice Il
would follow a line Of strict neu-
trality.
Although reiterating both pub
licly and privately the desire 10
avoid Intervention IN Cuba. some
officials were known to feel that
II might be necessary 70 land
American armed forces should
shots be fired In Havana.
The tense conflict Of interests
centering around the National
Hotel, where more than 900 de-
fiant officers Of the old Cuban
army are barricaded. was described
BY several observers here a. pre-
senting dangers analogous 10 an
open powder box.
A number Of Americans reside
AZ the big hotel. Should either
the heavily armed officers inside
or members Of the army they once
commanded decide 20 open fire,
this country,s nationals might well
be endangered.
Ambassador WsIles. who resided
there until yesterday. moved out,
explaining that because the EN-
ployes had left there was no food
Secretary Hail, determined 70
offer no provocation 20 any one
faction By siding with another.
Indicated that the United States
would pursue = strictly hauds-off
policy until Cuba solved "her own
political problems"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-09-13
At Cardenas Many Pack
Baggage In Readiness
To Board U. S. Ship
If Necessary

HAVANA, Sept. 13.-
Many Americans in Cuba
prepared today for emer-
gencies as they watched
with growing concern the
new threats of strikes, a
move to train boys as sol
diers and the failure of 500
officers to make peace with
the new government.
A least a score of Amer
leans were under military
protection in Cristo after
labor troubles at American
owned manganese mines had
endangered their lives.
Across the bay from San
tiago de Cuba. a number of
Americans gathered for
safety after leaving their
homes in the interior of the
oriente Province because of
unsettled labor conditions.
AT Cardenas, Americans
packed their baggage SO
they could board a coast
guard vessel if violence
should result from the unrest
among negroes. angered be-
cause they were not given
help with other storm VIC
tins.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-09-13
BY NOEL. THORNTON
tisy Associated Prcnsl

NEW .YlsRK. Sept Ia.
Cuba, black opal Of the
Caribbean, is erupting, for
the second time within a
month, in revolution that has
been smoldering on an
economic and political vol
cano for 13 years.
Anxiously watching from the
north, the United States has held
its fleet and marine corps in readi-
ness, while hoping that order and
a responsible government may
quickly be restored from the chaos
which followed the overthrow of
the Machado regime.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-09-13

quate for the protection of. life,
property and individual liberty"
Tee, the United. States is looked
to for protection by its 5000
citizens in Cuba, as well as to
safeguard approximately $1,000
00O,00 which American business
interests have invested in indus
tries and property on the island.
Junta's Three Detectives
The radical and militaristic
junta which seized control after
the resignation of the de Cess
pedes cabinet has three main OBJ
jectives if it can organize stable
administration.
1t demands completely revolu-
tionary regime. one that will seek
Immediately economic reconstruc-
ton of the political organization Of
the nation" Lastly, they insist
on purging Cuba Of every vestige
of Machado influence.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-09-13
FOUR WAR SHIPS
PUT OUT TO SEA
VESSELS HAD BEEN ANCHOR.
ED IN KEY WEST
HARBOR

Four of the vessels in the har-
Dor yesterday sailed last night for
sea. These were the U. S. De-
stroyers Cole, Bernadou and Du-
pont. The Ellis, which came in at
the same time with the others for
fuel oil at the naval station, is
still in port.
The other vessel which left last
night was the coast guard destroy
er Hunt. All other vessels are
either at the docks or are at
anchorage in the stream.
A complete list of service ships
in port this afternoon follows: u.
S. Destroyer Ellis. coast guard de-
stroyers Herndon. Semmes. Wilkes.
Wainwright, Wood, Upshur and
Badger and coast guard cutters
Tuscarora and Saukee.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-09-13

sugar crop has been restricted
from 33 to 81 per cent. Other
economic ills include the national
debt, decline of value of invest
ments and the falling off of for
eign trade.
2. Governmental: Having few
natural resources outside of its
agricultural interests. political
and military officers are lucrative
prizes and much sought-after.
3. Political: Since the Ma
chado machine crashed, there has
sprung UP no single dominating
political party. The population is
divided into more than a dozen
parties, and even some of these
are splitting into right and left
wing factions.
4. American Influence: Under
the Plat Amendment, the United
States has the right of interven-
ton to assure a government "ade-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-09-13

The overnight coup d'etat which
ended the brief reign of de Ces-
nedassy whom Ambassador Welles
hoped would be the solution to
Cuba's governmental woes, indi-
Gates that the answer is not to
be so easily gained.
The troubles of this keystone
island of the West Indies are de-
rived from a jig-saw melange of
domestic troubles, further com
plicated by the possibility of
American Intervention.
The Cuban picture may be
separated in these four major
phases:
l. Economic: Largely an agra
rian nation, Cuba's financial woes
have mounted tremendously since
the price of sugar, its chief pro-
duct, began a dismaying downhilI
slide in 1920. Further, under the
terms of the ,chadbourne plan, the
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-09-13
Industrial Strife Reported
In Three Different States

Industrial strife tore several In
dustrieS in Pennsylvania. New
York and New Jersey today.
Pennsylvania authorities viewed
with apprehension preparations for
general hitnminous mine "hoii-
day
Ten thousand soft coal miners
In five counties OF southwestern
Pennsylvania already have quit
their jobs in protest against sign.
ing NRA code.
The national labor board was
expected to take immediate steps
ia settle strikes involving between
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-09-13
GENERAL JOHNSON
GIVES VIEWS ON
HENRY FORD CASE
RELUCTANT TO USE FORCE
UNTIL SUFFICIENT TIME
HAS BEEN GIVEN, WILL
ACT IF NECESSARY

NEW YORK. Sept. 13.--Gen-
eral johnson. ERA administrator.
said today that II Henry Ford
docs not come in, we viii act,
Ford is under the code" johnson
said IN a reply TO an inquiry as
to whether Ford was = ire
calcnsrant.
He said he was reluctant 70 use
force at this time against those
who violate the code, but said he
was Inclined to give them time
before taking action.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-09-13
TWO ESCAPED
BANDITS ARE
RECAPTURED
AFTER GUN FIGHT WITH
LOUISIANA DEPUTIES CON-
vIcTS ARE TAKEN; NO ONE
INJURED
ll., Assoein,ea pre.s,

MARKSVILLE, Louisiana, Sept.
1.-two of the ii convicts who
escaped from Angola State Penal
Farmlast Sunday in bloody riot
today were recaptured near here
after a gun battle with deputies.
Neither convicts nor dehpties
were hit in the exchange of
shots
simultaneously, possemen who
had traced the fleeing group into
this section by a series of auto
thefts and rural store holdups,
closed in on Woodland, near here,
where others are believed in hid
ing.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-09-13

number Of automobiles available
10 carry these voters was assured
and member of the league was
appointed to look after this and
secure the promise Of cooperation
by owners who are anxious to see
the bond issue carried By an over
wheIming majority,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-09-13
RECEIVERS FALSE TEETH

MILWAUKEE few days
after woman Of thls city lost
Der false teeth while swimming IN
n lake she found them in the
stomach Of large holEhead fish
caught hy her husband.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-09-13

so and 50 thousand workers in
the Pennsylvania silk industry.
A walkout struck gaStronomic-
Al blow at Philadelphia and Cam
den. New Jersey. when employees
OF Linton's restaurants were sum
Inonded TO strike today. The
union officials said | 600 workers
were affected. Demands include
higher wages. shorter hours.
Twenty-thousand silk Divers
were still out in New Jersey. while
New York strikes spread 10 25.0o0
underwear workers in 500 shops
and !. 900 cleaners and dFers.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-09-13
CASHIER ROBBED
BY FOUR BANDITS

AMERY. Wisconsin. Sept. Ia
A masked. armed bandit quartet
today held up an assistant cashier
of the Union State Bank and fled
with $4,000 worth of cash and
negotiable securities.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-09-13
STEALS DEAD CANARY

wAuKESHA. wis,-The pack
are that ! thief took off the seat
of a parked automobile in this
city. contained nothing bat a dead
canary destined Tor = tAxidernsy
shop
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-09-13
PAUL SAWYER
GETS POSITION
cav A.see,ntea rre..l

TALLAHASSEE. Sept. Is.
-Governor Sholtx today APP
pointed Paul Sawyer of Key
West az probation officer of
Monroe county, succeeding
Clement Jaycoeks. Sr., whose
term expired.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-09-13
Troublesome Situation In
Cuba Causes Americans To
Prepare For Emergencies
~ - -. -. - ~ ~
SUMNER WELLES
TO STAY in CUBA

WASHINGTON, Sept. Is.
Reports of paralysis of
business in some sections of
Cuba and increasing disquiet
in other parts of the island
led today to an order for Ann
bassador Welles to remain at
his post indefinitely.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-09-13
CITY council INPEACHES
POLICE JUDGE Il. DONCO
At HEARING LAST NIGHT
Sustains Suspension Ac-
ton By Mayor Malone ;
Vote On Roll Call Was
Six To One


The city council at a spe-
cial meeting last night inn
peached Police Justice Harry
Dongo, sustaining the action
of Mayor William H. Ma
lone who suspended the Of
fetal from office on charges
of malfeasance, misfeasance
and general neglect of the
duties pertaining to the posi-
ton a short time ago.
The vote on the question
was 6 to 1, Councilman Rob-
erts registering the only OPP
posing vote in the matter. It
required a majority of two
thirds of the vote to sustain
the mayors action. which
was obtained on roll call.
The hearing was conducted with
the council sitting as a governing
body, presided over by its presi-
dent. Leo Warren. with j. Lance
lot Lester. city attorney handling
the city's end of the case in the
prosecution. Attorney Louis A.
Harris represented the defendant
during the proceedings.
The charges as presented by
Mr.. Malone were read after which
all the testimony in the case as
prepared by the chief executive
Of the city relative to his ques-
tioning Mr.. Dongo prior to the
suspension was also placed before
the council.
Main Charge
The main charge leading up to
the suspension was that Mr.
Dongo had failed to have some
particular warrant served on an
offender Of the law some time
back ia which John r. Thompson
was the complaining witness. The
party or parties in question for
whom the warrant was intended
We're charged with disturbing reli-
gious services that were being
conducted at a church house in
this city at the time.
The complaining witness, Mr..
Thompson, was placed on the
stand. telling his story Of the
case, after which BienvenidoI
Perez. police officer, was then
heard ON the matter relative to
what he knew of the case in his
capacity as the arresting officer
in connection with, the proceed
ings.
Attorneys Heard
At the conclusion of the testi-
mony in the hearing. Mr.. Lester
representing the city. made a.
brief argument outlining the pro-
cedure, bringing out the sahantI
points, after which Mr.. Harris.
defending the police justice made
the closing argument. stressingI
the main features pertaining To-
the hearing.
At this iunctgre roll call of the
council was in order. with all
members present. and BY their
CONTINUED ON Page Fourl
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Evening star., 1933-05-28
Gypsies in a Reservation.

All over the world the gypsy is re-
garded as an undesirable. Wherever
he locates the effort is at once made
to move him along. Picturesque and
romantic. he is at the same time a
born thief In some parts Of Europe
the gypsy tribes are to be encountered
In great numbers and in Czechoslo-
vakia. to put stop to his rovings and
also his pilfering propensities, measures
have been passed by the Administra-
tive Council to keep the gypsies in
control. They are to be registered, con-
fined to limited areas and punished II
they leave them. This is preliminary
to the establishment of reserves in
which the gypsy may exist as pic
turesque survival.
This is not the first time that the
Law was proposed to deal with the in
corrigible dusky son Of the highways.
Like previous efforts, it may end In
the gypsy continuing on despite many
beatings and occasional imprisonment
Evening star., 1933-05-28

Strange effects. resembling flames
ieaping from the sea- have been seen at
nirht recently at Swakopmund. South
Africa. and during the day large bub..
hi1s have risen to the surface and
hurst.
Evening star., 1933-06-22
DENIED STATE PAY
FOR TERM IN PRISON
Wisconsin Man Suspects Time
Spent for Murder He Never
Committed Isn't Worth a Cent.
~ the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MADISON, Wis, June 22-John A.
fDogskin) johnson, at 70, thoroughly
broken remnant of a man, begins TO
suspect that 10 years of his time isn't
worth a cent.
Those 10 years he served in the State
prison at Waupun for a murder he said
he did net commit. For a decade he
labored in a prison factory and hoed
the prison potatoes.
Then a succession of strange circum-
stances led to a pardon II years ago.
Since then he has been trying to con-
vince the State of Wisconsin that he
should be paid something for those years
in the State prison. A few days ago
the State Legislature once more turned
down his plea.
When he learned that his claim for
{ wages" had been refused he said he
might try again next year. Meanwhile
johnson lives precariously, staying some
times with poor relatives and sometimes
in vacant Madison coal sheds.
The conviction of johnson for the
murder of 7-year-old Annie Lemberger
Of Madison dates back to 1911. He was
arrested because he had been seen loiter-
ing about the Lemberger home. officers
deny he was intimidated, but 10 years
convinced that johnson confessed be-
cause he feared mob violence.
When he was boy in Darlington,
Wis, johnson had seen lynching and
the horror of it, his attorneys said,
prompted him to assume responsibility
for the Staying in the belief that officers
would then shield him
Finally the gossip of Madison char
woman led to the arrest of the slain
girls father, Martin Lemberger, on a
charge Of manslaughter. He was freed
because the statute of limitations had
run its course, but as a consequence
johnson was pardcned
Evening star., 1933-06-22
FORESTERS TO CO
TO NEW ENGLAND
Contingent Trained at Fort
Humphreys to Begin Leav-
ing Sunday.
By a staff Correspondent OF The Star

By A staff Correspondent OF The Star.
FORT HUMPHREYS, Va. June 22.-
Beginning Sunday and ending Tuesday,
the last of the Civilian Conservation
Corps undergoing training here will be
entrained for New England to take up
their work in the North Woods There
will be 1900 men, all members OF the
so-called bonus army, and q officers
who will leave on special cars to be
brought in on a spur track from Acco-
tink Station.
The men are divided into six COM
panies On Sunday Companies 371 and
372 will leave for Massachusetts,, the
former going to Charlemont and the
latter to Lee; Monday. Company 389
will leave for Gardiner. Me. and 800
for Kineo Station, Me, and on Tuesday
Company 391 will leave for Cherryfeld,
Me, and Company 1872 for Rutland, Vt.
Is From Fort Humphreys.
OF the officers to accompany the men.
IS are on regular duty at Fort
Humphreys, II are naval officers and 2
Reserve officers. OF the naval officers,
six are medical
When the last contingent pulls out
Tuesday there will be but two members
of the Conservation Corps left in camp
Both Of these have been assigned to
special Office duty and they, too, will
leave as soon as they have completed
their work.
Most From Two States.
The greater number of the men leaV
ing are from New York and PennSyl
vania. with Illinois and California fol-
lowing. While other States are repre-
sented by smaller numbers, there are
men from all but two.
Movement of the corps from here is
In accordance with instructions from
the Sd Corps Area Headquarters in
Baltimore, which also has ordered five
companies transferred from Langley
Field, Va, to the New England camps.
Evening star., 1933-06-22
ARMY OF NEW WORKERS
AT JOBS IN NEW YORK
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ALBANY, N. Y. June 22.-Fifty
thousand wage earners have been
called back to work in New York
States reviving industries since the first
OF the year, it was estimated Tuesday
on the basis Of figures tabulated by the
State Department of Labor
Employment was on the upturn at
the beginning of the year, the depart
ment figures show, and has continued to
gain every month except March. The
drop In employment and wages in
March was attributed to the bank
holiday and the money shortage
Not only is the total pay roll being
Increased by the army of new workers
the department said. but there has been
general increase in the average
weekly pay check
Evening star., 1933-06-22

drawn. no useful purpose resided IN
pursuing the question Of whether
Robert Ley was entitled to represent
the German workers
Opposition to Ley had been expressed
by some South American delegates. who
protested against what they called un-
complimentary remarks Ley allegedly
made against their countries.
The journal printed a protest against
Ley from the International Federation
of Trade Unions. which said Nazis have
violently overtaken" the German trade
unions. Another protest alleged that
Evening star., 1933-06-22

ed into the United States has been
adopted by the Arizona Senate.
The Senate also voted to ask the Spe-
cial legislative investigating committee
to begin an investigation Of the Arizona
Copper Tariff Commission after Sena-
tor Angus. who introduced the memo
rial to the President. said he had been
told by Hoval S. Smith. mining engineer.
the commission Is dominated by the
Anaconda Copper Co. and that only one
member actually favors a tariff on
copper.
Senator Angus copper tariff memo
rial said "the President of the United
Evening star., 1933-06-22
Mission Society Reflects.

HYATTSVILLE. Md, June % (Spe-
ciaD Mrs. U. S. A. Heavener has been
reelected president of the Women's
Foreign Missionary Society of Memorial
Methodist Episcopal Church here. with
Mrs. George Bassford vice president,
Mrs. William Ridel secretary and Mrs.
H. Wilson Spicknall treasurer.
Evening star., 1933-06-22
COMEDIAN ASKS DIVORCE
Oliver Hardy Charges Wife With
Mental Cruelty

HOLLYWOOD, June % R-Less
than month ago Stan Laurel of the
movie comedy team Laurel and Hardy
was sued for divorce on grounds Of
mental cruelty by his wife. Lois. Tues
day Oliver Hardy moon-faced and
ponderous. filed suit against his wife,
Myrtle. on the same grounds
Evening star., 1933-06-22
U. S. Crime Films Barred.

BUDAPEST Opp.-Two American
films built on crime themes have been
barred by the Hungarian censor on
the ground that they might have a
bad influence on people who did not
fully understand their BACKGROUND.