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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-10-02
More Than 70 Killed In Cuba
When Soldiers Fire On Hotel
Where Officers Were Hiding
AMERICAN SPECTATOR SLAIN BY STRAY BULLET;
FIGHTING SCENE OF REAL WARFARE; RED
CROSS ESTABLISHES FIRST AID STATION
HALF BLOCK FROM SCENE OF ACTION
cry Associated Pressl

HAVANA October Am American spectator and
than 20 soldiers killed today it announced
officially bitter fighting between army and navy Off
baricaed in the National hotel and soldiers firing
o them from many points outside.
appearance real warfare the Red Gross established
a first aid station half a block from the hotel
Colonel Fulgencio Batista, commanding Cuba's ZEN
listed army field headquarters in the district and
personally directed the attack
In the meantime, two army tanks which had left the
hotel n unexplained mission rumbled back the
action and loosed heavy machine gun fire around
the hostelry
Five wounded soldiers lay helpless ground for
over an hour before comrades could pick them up.
fire appeared to have broken in the hotel after
artillery shell whined through the window and
ploded.
Another big shell shattered of the main entrances
and others smashed against the exterior with
results.
The slain American Robert c. Lotspeieh Swift
and Company representative who was struck by stray
bullets he watched the fighting with Of others
from the Lopez Serranae apartments. - - s.ea
After ENJOYS reported President Ramon Csrau San
Martin there Americans in the hotel two more
artillery units ordered to attack
simultaneously blazed from the tops of buildings
on the Havana University Their fire directed
at the hotel three blocks away -
Topping off other reports concerning the cause
OF the conflict that the shooting began when at
tempts made to drive trucks loaded with ammu-
milton to the hotel.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-10-02
SUPREME COURT
EVENLY DIVIDED
ON INJUNCTION
EVEN DIVISION, HOWEVER.
UPHOLDS ISSUE IN DE-
STRAINMENT AGAINST AG-
RICULTURE COMMISSIONER
my Associated Press)

TALLAHASSEE. Oct. 1.-The
supreme court was divided three
to three today in affirming tenn
porary injunction recently grant
ed by Circuit Judge II. G. Petite
way of Lakeland restraining the
commissioner of agriculture from
enforcing the anti-arsenic law
against grapefruit producers.
the opinion held the constitu-
tionality of the bill was not be-
fore the court and a temporary
injunction affirmed without pre-
JUDGE to reconsideration of the
constituiionali.y Of the statute or
of its application.
Chief Justice Davis and Jus
tees Whitfield and Terrell held
temporary injunction should be
reversed.
Justices Brown. Ellis aud Blu
ford said il should be affirmed
and by the even division Judge
Petteways order was upheld.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-10-02
DAVE CHARLOW
GETS BEATING
ASSAULTED BY NEGRO SAT-.
URDAY NIGHT WHILE
ENRoUTE HOME

Dave Charlow, employed at the
power house of the Key West
Electric company. was assaulted
by a negro Saturday night while
on Petronia street on his way
homeward.
Mr.. Charlow says he was ac-
costed by the negro who demand
ed money. Being told by Mr..
Charlow that he had no money
the negro made the assault and
gave him a severe beating.
Arriving at his home on Angela
street Mr.. Charlow was forced to
take to his bed and be treated
for the bruises inflicted by his as
sailant.
No arrests have been made by
the police.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-10-02
ABSENTEE BALLOTS.
CAN NOW BE CAST.
PERTAINS TO REPEAL ELEC.
TON TO BE HELD ON
OCTOBER 10

Absentee ballots may be poIled
for candidates in the prohibition
repeal election to he held October
10. Judge Hugh Gum told The
Citizen today
The judge says his office wfIi
be open from 8 70 Il and from 2
20 I o'clock each day this week.
until the close of business o'clock
Saturday afternoon.
Absentee haliotinE is provided
for those who wiII not he in Key
West On the date 81 the election.
They are permitted 70 70 90 he
effire of Judge Hugh Gum. mark
their tickets. place them tn indi-
Stdaal envelope % bs oTened On
election day when the votes are
counted.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-10-02
NO CHANGE OF POLICY IN CUBA
NOW CONTEMPLATED BY UNITED STATES

WASHINGTON, October 2.-Secretary Hull declared
today change in policy toward Cuba contemplated
the result of the fatal shooting Havana this
ing.
AT the time he urged in press conference that
Americans the disturbed island ell possible
in avoiding danger especially when peril imminent
during the between soldiers and officers bar
ricaded in the National hotel.
By long distance telephone to Havana, Hull personally
verified reports of the death of the American Robert
Lotspeich, who killed by stray bullet.
The secretary said the American had walked OF
a roof other ncedlessly exposed place.
He added that everybody concerned is sorry he lost
his life
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-10-02
Earthquake Shockln
Southern California
One Person Slightly In
jured; Only Minor Prop
erty Damage Reported
AS Result
ny Assoelatea pressl

Los ANGELES, Oct. g.
A short sharp earthquake
in southern California early
today caused residents to flee
into the streets in their night
clothes and resulted in minor
property damage.
Only one person, a wom-
an, was slightly injured &C
cording to available reports.
The quake appeared to be
as intense as the March 10
shock in which more than
100 lost their lives and mil
lions of property damage.
The center of the quake
today was apparently at
sea.
The quake was felt
throughout southern Cali
fornia.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-10-02
JACK BUSH dies
SUNDAY MORNING
FUNERAL SERVICES ARE CON-
QUOTED THIS AFT
ERNOoN

Jack Donovan Bush, year old
son Of Mr.. aud Mrs. Irving Ber-
tram Bush. died HAS O'Clock yes
terdsy morning At the residence.
50l Whitehead street.
Funeral services are being held
this afternoon from the Benjamin
Lopez Mortuary Chapel at &:So
o'clock. Rev. Arthur B. DiTnmiek.
NJ 81. PsuI's Episcopal church. Of
ficiattng.
Survivors are the parents. one
brother. Irving BeFtrsm Bash. Jr. 5.
maternal grandparents. Mr. and
Mrs James Curry. of KEY West.
ard pAterual grandparents. Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Bush, Of George
town, Gran Caynsan, West Indies.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-10-02
North Dakotas Capitol Nears Completion
After Delays Wear Out First Cornerstone

BISMARCK, N. d., Oct. 2.-Now
that it's new cornerstone, hewn of
native granite, has been placed,
North Dakota's new 100000
state capitol building is nearing
completion after weathering con-
troversy and labor trouble.
The original cornerstone-laying,
last December, attended by Vice
President Charles Curtis, was crit
icized by the last state legislature
as a "deceiving show" Since
then souvenir hunters had DAM
aged the first stone to make. it
unfit for use.
By legislative mandate "a fit
ting ceremony" was ordered for
the unwilling of the new stone.
Since construction of. the build
ing was started two years ago. a
legislative investigation and labor
strikes interrupted its progress.
The old commission resigned and
new one was appointed by the
governor. In July third COM
mission came into existence. un-
der an act of the last legislature.
For few days last June. mar
tial law was declared in Bismarck
in connection with a strike of la
borers employed on the project.
Since settlement of the strike,
work has progressed rapidly. with
occupancy of some offices schedul-
ed for October.
The history building, tallest
in North Dakota. overIooks the
Missouri valley from Capitol Hill.
1t replaces the statehouse destroy
ed by fire in December, 1880.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-10-02
MRS. ATKINSON
GIVEN new POST
CHOSEN COMMISSIONER OF
PUBLIC WELFARE BY
STATE BOARD
Especial to The Citizen,

TALLAHASSEE, Oct. 2.-The
new State Board of Public We'll
fare, recently appointed by Gov
efnor Shpltz, announces that Mrs.
Ruth Atkinson has been unan-
imously chosen as commissioner.
Mrs. Atkinson is now the asso-
ciate director in charge of Social
Service of the Florida Emergency
Relief Administration of which
Marcus Fagg is director.
Mr.. Fagg, at the special re-
quest of the state board of pub
lie welfare, is releasing Mrs. At
kinson at once from her present
position so that her new duties
may be assumed by October Is.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-10-02
TALKS
TO DICTIONARIES
ABOUT ECONOMICS
CLAIMS ALI. VET
ERANS DISABLED DURING
CONFLICT WILL BE GIVEN
EVERY CONSIDERATION
cay Associated rressD


CHICAGO, Oct. president
Roosevelt frankly outlined econo-
my regulations for veterans be-
fore the American Legion today
and then pointed his comrades"
to the recovery battle and united
nation.
He told the veterans the gov
eminent maintained responsibility
for those disabled by war service
and hoped for an increase of these
benefits.
But, he declared, special bene-
fits" would not be given to a man
lover and above all other citizens
because he wore a uniform.
Mr.. Roosevelt added the third
principle to the veterans program
assurance that the federal gov
eminent would give the same re-
lief it gives to others in caring
for those veterans who are dis
abled from causes unconnected
with war service, but unable to
care for themselves.
The president, who was second
in command of the navy during
the war. and since suffered infan-
tile paralysis, went before the
convention against the advice of
friends to talk over the relation
of veterans with the government.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-10-02
STRONG WINDS
HALT SURVEYS

Choppy seas and strong winds
today stopped survey operations
in the northwest channel being
conducted b. the q. S. Engineer
Corps party actively engaged in
the work
Colonel George Z. Brown and
the survey party left this morning
ia The launch Biseayne for the
scene ef work and after being ont
short time returned 70 resume
operations when the waters are
eMiused sufficiently.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-10-02
DIG TOWN CELLARS AS
CIVILIAN GAS DEFENSE

ANkARA. Oct. 2.-Every city
and town government in Turkey
has received orders from the gov
eminent 10 prepare refuge cellars
for use cf the civil population in
case OF gas attacks in any future
war.
The government and the Red
Crescent Society, Turkish equivA-
lent Of Red Cross. viii cooperate
IN establishing the eOuntry's first
gas mask factory.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-10-02
MISS LICHTBOURNE
NOW RECOVERING

Miss Catherine I.ightb0urue nm
derVent an operation for sppendi-
eitis yesterday At local hospital
which was successful in every
way.
To-day. Miss Lighthouse i re-
ported as recovering RAPIDLY from
the effects al the operation and
her condition Is soch ~ - way-
rant the opinion she will seoa be
nth her many friends.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-10-02
IVY GOING OUT
ON TRIP AGAIN
WILL START OPERATIONS
FOR CONSTRUCTION OF
BEACON IN MIAMI HARBOR

The lighthouse tender Ivy will
leave. as soon as weather eondi-
tions permit, for the construction
of a range light at the entrance
of Miami harbor.
After taking oil at the Porter
Dock this morning the vessel went
to her berth at the lighthouse
dock and began taking on material
for the work.
AS soon as possible she will
leave for Miami with a barge in
tow. carrying paraphernalia and
heavy material to be used in the
work.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-10-02

ties were on the streets and bust
ness began to pick up. One of
the busiest scenes was enacted at
the postoffice where line of
men from the money order window
reached to the doors.
Clerks in this department were
kept busy making out money or
ders and receipts and the activi-
ty lasted well into the afternoon.
This is the first pay received
by this branch of the service since
the arrival of the ships shortly af-
ter the first of the month and
means happy period for the per-
sonnet and increased sales for the
local business establishments.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-10-02
FLORIDA BRINGS
96 PASSENGERS

The steamship Florida of the p.
and o. S. S. company came in 4
o'clock Saturday afternoon from
Havana with 90 passengers. of
whom 81 were aliens. The vessel
sailed 6:30 for Tampa with Sc
passengers.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-10-02
STORM REPORT

WASHINGTON, D. c., October
Advisory, 10; a. M: Tropical
disturbance probably of increasing
intensity central about $50 to 200
miles west southwest of Negril
Point, Jamaica. moving slowly
northward attended by gales.
Some indications of another center
of slight intensity short distance
north northeast of Turks Island.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-10-02
TWO VESSELS GO
TO CUBA TODAY
SEVERAL GOVERNMENT SHIPS
ARE STILL IN KEY WEST
WATERS

The Y. s. Destroyer j. Frank
Talbot. and the Coast Guard De-
stroyer Wainwright, sailed this
morning for Cuban waters. The
Cutter Gresham was to sail later
today.
Other ships in port this after
noon are Destroyers Badger,
Semmes, Hunt and Herndon. Gut
ters Tuscarora, Yamacraw and
Saukee.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-10-02
LEGION BRANCH
MEETS TOMORROW

There will be a meeting of the
American Legion Auxiliary at the
legion hall tomorrow afternoon 1
o'clock.
A number of vitality important
matters are TO be considered.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-10-02
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
WHERE TO GO
ssssessssssseeseseesss'

American Legion Grounds
Open Air Boxing.
Palace TheateF--"Devil'S Mate. +"
Strand Theater Flaming
Golf' and "Tugboat Annie"
Bayview Park - niamondhaIl
game.
Coral Isle Casino-NRA CAha-
ret.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-10-02
Officers And Crew Aboard
Coast Guard Ships In Port
Are Paid Off This MORNING

Officers and enlisted personnel
of the u. S. Coast Guard ships
in port today received their pay
for the month of September. Be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000 was
disbursed.
The first ship visited by the
paymaster was the Cutter Ores
ham. at the naval station dock
taking en- oil and water. Other
vessels were visited according to
the rank of the commanding off
icer.
Within a short time liberty par
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-10-02
Ten Employees Of Key West
POstoGce Placed In New
Status For ReappOiintment
n, PAUL NAY


WASHINGTON. October 2.-porary period of four months
Tan empove. of We.t They will be appointed their
n, H.. positions a their old
les according 10 Gen.
eral Farley.
grace in which to pull wire for -, =,
ps'"~"e"' so~PP" " 49, months period each employe
learned here today. have to secure perma aentv
employee the appointment to
service transferred discharge loss of civil
from the treasury department To service status
the office department Postoffiee oeial while iRsis
part Roesevelts that will be consider
organization ed in making reappointments. de-
Although automatically eIasd that
government political
ie the date of the workers would
III of these employees viii be sarsfuy the
SppoiA'sA Immediately for tenn four months probationary period
The Washington times., 1933-11-11

ON THE UPTAKE
One of the Biggest Paper and Pulp Mills in the
World, at Canton, NC. It Recently Re-smplOyed
500 Men and Women and There Are ZOO
Names on the Payroll.
The steel mills in East Chicago are getting
along very well, too. The Chesapeake & Ohio
Railroad put through steel rail order for over
$1,000, 0OO-the largest order Of it's kind since
1929. And other orders are rolling in.
Through Illinois there is another unusual
symptom of prosperity. In the smaller towns
building has increased 1919.
IN GARY, Indiana, a greater variety Of food
1 is in demand than at any time during the past
three years
People are buying canned lobster and crab
meat, the better grades Of cheese and coStlier
cuts of meat. One butcher reports that in the
past few years many of his customers bought
for their families the grade of meat they pre-
viousy bought for their dogs-and they bought
that only couple Of times week! Now they
are buying good cuts Of meat every day.
Few homes are being built in Gary, but
needed repair work is going on and there is some
business building, because Of the talk Of price
increase. Realtors say that the call for houses
is 1909 greater than last year.
Golf and tennis are increasing in popularity
in Indiana, where many municipal courses charge
only twenty-five cents. Roads are good and now,
their cars again. Merchants, factory workers
and farmers are feeling substantial benefits from
the New Deal.
Iowa is getting so prosperous that conditions
seem almost too optimistic.
Iowa suffered during depression, but even de-
preston there was different from depression in
most of the rest of America. Iowa has the great
est farm income Of any state excepting Texas,
which is morU than twice itS size. Depression
In Iowa did not mean lack Of feed. The faTnaSss
The Washington times., 1933-11-11

wave of better times. Ravenna, with popula-
ton of 5000, is typical.
Farmers who do their trading in Ravenna
report good prices and sales, which enable them
to pay their debts and have money to spend
Citizens in Ravenna cay that one outstanding
result Of the past months has been a revival Of
interest in the churches. "Church life has been
knit closer together than ever before" they cay.
There has been more cooperation in church
activities and people who never went to church
before are going now"
Detroit's story is a direct contrast to the
peaceful and pleasant life in Ohio. Detroit is
having hard time with the New Deal.
The automobile center Of the world occupies
a peculiar position in the changing picture of
American life. Detroit came to life overnight
There were fabulous wages and extravaganza
spending. Yet under the artificial extravaganza
there was always poverty and suffering. Men
came from all over the world to get good wages
And found misery and cruelty when they could
not find work. But a job meant home in the
suburbs and car.
The demand for automobiles is seasonal
While the rest of the country enjoyed prosperity
Detroit would often experience a terrifying sus-
The Washington times., 1933-11-11

IN THE fOlIo0ing 6riuuudy henehant and ineisiUeIy
aushOritntre article, Miss WimslO author Of PeOPle
Round che Corner, "ShOW Business" "Picrure Frames
"BlMebevry Pe ETC., continues her analysts of conditions
throughout the United States under NRA.
Today she chooses the heart Of the Middle West for
her Wpasheeic clinical scrutiny. Working junction
seieh more than 100 correspondents all seasoned nes-
pApernsen and pUOnen Miss WinsGOOO has compiled Urul
06Gstcs and human interest facts that OH yOm
This 10 the third article In her SERIES Uch letter sOi
iWcIude GnOses Of conditions in the Far Vest and other
sections of the country.
The Washington times., 1933-11-11
By Thyra Sa1nter Winslow
(NOteH Short Story Writer)
Copyright. 1898. By, King Features Syndicate Inc


THE very real war Of the New Deal against
depression has reached the Middle West
And in spite of heart-rending conditions
that still exist-conditions that never should have
existed at all-1nany in Detroit and in parts Of
the wheat belt-there are hundred signs that
show the New Deal is beginning to win
1t will be long pull. You can't overcome
years Of depression by sudden magic. Through
the Middle West the consumer and the producer,
the farmer and the tradesman, must strive to-
gether-to win three separate victories. /. Men
must be put back at work. 2. Buying power
must be created to keep them back at work. 3.
Conditions must be arranged to make prosperity
q permanent thing.
We have won victories before. And though
o continued battle is more diseouraging than
quick success we are already feeling the return
Of pleasant iving-the lessening Of fear. Hope
IL alive everywhere.
OHIO is almost complacent as it marches ahead,
" comfortable wellhoused state. Illinois is
over the worst of its bad conditions. Indiana
and Kansas are coming on. Missouri is cheerful
Iowa is feeling many favorable aspects of the
New Deal Most Of the Middle West is feeling
the wave OF the new movement toward better
living.
Ohio ushered in the MIRA campaign by
great parade in Cleveland.
Parades do not solve problems, though often
they put people into the attitude where problems
can be solved more easily
Mayor Ray T. Miller recently told General
Johnson in Washington that Clevelands unem-
ployed have gone back to work at the rate Of
1000 per day. And recent Chamber Of Com
1nerce survey shows that industrial employment
is 20% above 1882.
One indication in Cleveland's New Deal is
almost unbelievable. Automobile sales are 1859
above what they were last year, with new car
deliveries 1857 above last year. Car loadingS
gained 56% over last year. Lake boats had 266
vessels carrying ore, coal and grain against $50
during the entire 1882 season.
Spending in Cleveland was hampered for
while by the failure of two Of the largest banks.
One paid dividend of 2O6 and the other of
$50. Most of this money went to pay bills. Now
people are willing to spend They feel that their
positions are safe and that there will be no more
pay cuts.
=. Excursion boats out of Clevland reported
bigger crowds than in several years and the
passengers bought things on the boats, too. Last
year they ate lunches they brought with them.
In Cleveland married women who have
earned pin money aren't eager to go back to
work. They have grown used to homework
actually enjoy cooking. And they, are better off.
financially.
@(amallor. Ohio cities and towns are feeIfnV ths'
The Washington times., 1933-11-11


for dinner. Even in the cities
and the largest has a population Of only 49,
O00-food has not been problem.
Many mortgages were fOreclosed, though in
nine cases out of ten the owners stayed on as
percentage operators. And the average Iowan
had fresh eggs and bacon for breakfast, hearty
lunch, and roast beef, green vegetables and
pudding for dinner. He has been q well-fed
sufferer.
There were breadlines in industrial centers,
but these were largely transients from other
states No one who wanted anything to eat badly
enough to ask for it went hungry. Today, cream
and butter are not Injuries in Iowa.
Because of the excellence of Iowa farm land,
Iowa farm women dress well. They wear ready
made clothes and are buying heavily now to avoid
anticipated higher prices.
MANY new homes are being erected-one OF
AVA the few states where building actually is go
ing on. In Des MoineS there are less than 10 OF
vacant houses and the whole state has less than
80. Two 100000 apartment houses were re-
Gently erected in Des Moines and smaller Iowa
cities are putting up apartments for business and
professional people.
In Iowa, furniture is bought for style and not
because it wears out. Iowa was one OF the states
which went in intellectually for period furn-
ture few years ago. Depression cut down
furniture buying. Now Iowa is buying again and
modernistic furniture is appearing in many
homes.
Iowas theatres suffered during depression.
Ons hundred Of them went ASS@ FOOeavOGuaA1p4 s