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Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1933-07-27
The Production of FIlbens Has a
Place In Western Wash. Agriculture

1.-THE production of filberts has a
place in Western Washington agricul-
ture," according to j. w. Thaanum
state horticultural inspector, located
at Mount Vernon.
Mr.. Thaanum has a filbert orchard
and has made close study of this
business for number of years.
There is no immediate danger of
over production" said Mr.. Thaanum
recently. "The reason for this state
ment is that in 1924, there were 49,
100000 pounds Of whole nuts imported
into the United States from Italy and
Spain. In America, we will produce
about 100000 pounds of nuts when
our present paintings all come into
full bearing. In other words, all OF
the trees in the United States, when
they are in full bearing, will produce
only about one-seventh of the filberts
we use.
Then, too, American growers OF
filberts are protected by an import
duty of 2 IL cents per pound on the
whole nuts and cents per pound on
the shelled nuts.
1.-THE filbert is merely cultivated
variety of hazel nut.
"Filberts are produced at the rate
of 1900 to 1900 pounds per acre, when
tn trees are twelve years old. They
start bearing when they are four to
five years old.
"The producer generally gets II
cents to Is cents per pound for the
nuts, which would amount to a gross
income, on the average, of about $500
per acre.
with regard to the expense of pro-
duction there is. as yet, no spraying
expense. The principal expense is for
the use Of the land, planting the trees,
and then the land cultural expense.
1.-THE trees cost IS cents to so cents
apiece at the nurseries in this part Of
Western Washington.
1.-THE trees should be planted about
Is feet apart; that Is, rs feet apart
in the rows and the rows as feet apart,
which would be about 90 trees per
acre.
During the development stage Of
the filbert trees, the land between the
rows can be used for beans, potaties,
root crops or Strawberries. Sometimes
filberts are planted In raspberry fields.
When the raspberries begin to 20
down in production, the filberts begin
to pay. 1t is advised not to plant corn
or pole beans, as an intorcrop, as they
make too much shade.
1.-THE selection Of the land and soil
Requirements for fiberts Is important
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1933-07-27
HELP us GIVE YOU
A BETTER NEWSPAPER

The subscription price of the
newspaper covers only the cost
of paper and ink. Income for
overhead and profit comes from
advertisements. To build up the
paper, we need the support of
the advertisers. II you wish to
do your part In having q good
newspaper published on the Is
land, mention to the tradesmen
that you saw their ads, and are
buying from suggestions they
have made.
Realizing the Importance Of
advertising to the paper, you
may be willing to aid by be-
coming "ad-conscious." It is
also Of assistance to the trades
men in making specials Of the
articles you need, and In check
Ing on results of their advertis-
ing. Will you cooperate in this
way9 The newspaper Is essential
ly yours, and you can have a
constructive part in Its success
by mentioning, Il saw this ad-
vertised."
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1933-07-27
MOONLIGHT EXCURSION
SATURDAY, AUGUST 18TH

On Saturday night, August IL, the
Ferry Vashon will run an excursion
around the Island, leaving the vashon
Heights Dock at 900 p. m. and re-
turning at 100 a. m.
There will be two orchestras provid-
ing music for dancing. Save the date
and invite your friends to go on this
excursion. More details will be given
later.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1933-07-27
Patrolman Snider
Here Again Thursday

Patrolman Harry snider will be In
the Record office Thursday, July 81
from 0 until S, conducting examina-
lions for drivers licenses.
There was continuous line of ap-
plicants taking the test last Thursday
and Mr.. Snider was unable to finish
the work in one day, which necessi-
tates the second day for testing for
those who were unable to be examined
last week.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1933-07-27
MRS. LOUISE AMEs DIES

The funeral Of Mrs. Louise Ames
laughter of Mrs. John Earth, was held
at the Methodist Church of vashon
with Rev. H. G. Ward officiating
Wednesday, July 10.
Mrs. Ames died In Auburn, and was
brought to vashon to rest in the
family burial plot.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1933-07-27
DIR. AND MRS. GRANDY
WELCOME BABY BOY

DR.. and Mrs. F. H. drandy of Bur-
ton are happily receiving congratula-
lions from friends on the advent of a
baby In their home. The little boy
taken for adoption, was born Friday
July LIST, and is a handsome, dark
eyed, eight pound youngster, and has
been given the name James Franklin.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1933-07-27

Mrs. j. F. Shaw had as guests last
week Mr.. and Mrs. Fred p. Taylor and
their grandson. Lloyd Kelly. Mrs.
Molly Hall and Miss Margarine Stone
street spent the weekend with the
Shaws.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1933-07-27
CONTRACT BRIDGE CLUB.

The orthopedic Contract Bridge
Club will meet at the home of Mrs.
Digby Williams, Friday, July 20 at
twelve noon. There will be picnic
luncheon before bridge. Mrs. Henry
Brosseau is the assisting hostess.
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urday, in order that any religious objection might be overcome.
 It also was voted to permit the secretary of state to canvass the vote in July, hereby avoiding being necessity of the canvass being made the day of the special cleo tion.
 Deficient Children
 Hartford, Conn, May 2.-(UP)- Mentally deficient children will be compelled to attend classes for the education of exceptional children" under terms of a bill passed in the senate to-day.
 voluntary. The senate also voted to reduce the state aid for educa- tion of sub-normal children from $50 to $40 per child.
 The Connecticut Congregational Board of Ministerial Relief was authorized by the senate to amend its charter to permit it to hold property valued up to $5,O0O, 1000.
 Connecticut fishermen also were given permission to fish without a license in tidal salt waters in Connecticut, Thames, Mantle and Housatonic rivers.
 A favorable report on an educa- tional bill caused it to be tabled and ordered printed on the calen- dar before it was discovered the measure would force all public schools to operate on standard time. The measure was then talk en up and recommitted to the educational committee.
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WHAT IS PROSPERITY?

prosperity? dcprcssion2 What orces have been Ut work to pull us down from the heights 0 e c find ourselves? Is 1t one thing or Is many economic laws or . t. pcraps change of mental M w s complicated the total of lot or sinp'e 
 One thing is ceranthere be prosperity unless matorityt enjoyed is the working making paying trusting hoIns 1sn the wheels of industry prdacss goods creates % creating more more having ncre everyone spends and buys normayevcryonc lives nornaya verse, not to be overspceded, lest it happen again.
 This country Of
 
 AND THERE SURE WAY GUARANTEE AND HASTEN RETURN PROSPERITY that keeping possible number It is purchasing majority Waterbury doing just that. Things would not supported it lOyaly
 Believe not-it selfish ndyantage-4O done what It Is to doing this battlen this we'll rounded prosperity We will not sop-We will.
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President Still
 Denies RurnOrs
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mestic affairs thus granted hi.. to make an appearance at the Lon- don economic conference next month, deliver a speech and then hurry home.
 The White House. however, dis avowed rumorse that the President was contemplating a trip abroad. It explained that the cruiser might be used only to take him from Eastport, Me, to Baltimore or Washington upon his return from a scheduled yachting trip along the Maine coast sometime late in June.
 The Indianapolis is ideally suit cd for carrying the president and a large staff. It was built to serve as a flagship and consequently has spacious accommodations.
 Capable of 33 knots an hour, the 610-foot vessel could make a trip from Washington to Southampton, England. in approximately four and one-half days.
 President Roosevelt undoubted- ly would occupy the cabin built for the admiral. It is large and cool furnished in mahogany with brass trimmings.
 Apart from the admirars state room, the Indianapolis is equipped with a suite for the captain and staterooms for 49 wardroom and 12 warrant officers.
 Captain John M. Smeallie of Ann stardam, N. Y., is commander of the new vessel. He Is veteran of the World war, and served as navigating and executive officer of the battleship Florida whit it. fought with the grand fleet.
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Macdonald Is
 Back Home
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Stanley Baldwin told the house of commons that Macdonald would make a statement in the house tomorrow on the world eco- homie conference. Full debate on the conference and on MacDon- aids trip to America is scheduled for Tuesday.
 London, May s-UP)-Plans for a concerted move by Britain. France and the United States to save the world arms conference from collapse awaited Prime Min- ister J. Ramsay Macdonald on his return from his American mission to-day.
 Considerable British resentment against the refusal of the United States to pay in gold the interest on its bonds also awaited him. Cou- pied with anxiety over Americas infiationary moves, this develop ment made it apparent that the prime minister would meet strong opposition both within the govern ment and without to any plans for important concessions to the Unit ed States or "horse-trading" pro- posals he may be bringing back from the United States.
 The disarmament problem is the most pressing. Norman H. Davis, President Roosevelt's special ann bassador to Europe. has remained over in London to meet Macdonald and persuade him to join forces at Geneva immediately for joint pres sure on Germany to modulate her sweeping equality demands.
 It was disclosed Premier Edouard Daladier of France had assured Davis he is ready to pro- ceed to Geneva next week if Mac Donald also goes, Davis probably will see Macdonald tomorrow.
 Britons reacted almost violently to the United States bond payment decision. The press emblazoned such captions as default, scandal, repudiation."
 Bondholders were being advised to accept payment of paper dollars and reserve the right to claim the difference later. Financial circles said Washington's decision will in- tensify confidence in British credit.
 Roosevelt Answers
 Washington, May 3-(UP)- President Roosevelt made 1t clear bonds in foreign countries will not receive their interest in gold. For eign bond purchasers, he held. will have to take their chances with the American holders.
 He said there would be no ex- port of gold to pay this interest In foreign countries.
 The White House pointed out that purchasers of government bonds in foreign countries were aware that the interest was paid at the point or origin and that he saw no reason why regulations should be suspended in favor of foreign bond owners and not for American citizens.
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Doors Of Saddened Home Thrown Open
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xoung, stalwart, red-headed and bronzed, received newspaper men in the spacious living room of his own Cape Cod cottage, not far From the McMath home.
 = Questioned regarding published reports that negro formerly em- Qloyed by one of the girls grand Fathers in Detroit was sought. Lee aaid
 %.'So far as I know neither the McMath nor the Kales families ever dad a negro chauffeur or serv- ' Asked if either of the grand 1athers had offered any money for possible use as ransom, Lee said Ae had heard nothing along this "The state police," Lee said, the McMath house and no one ex- Scept the kidnapers will be permit nd to enter the place.
 . No contact has been made as 5. "The McMath boy, Francis CD, 5Was kept home from school today. N Mrs McMath is bearing up very Yell indeed. They're simply waiting
 round the house, hoping the kid- snapers will try to communicate with them.
 -"They have promised the kid- 'uApers immunity from prosecution, md will meet any demands that they possibly can."
 ' Lee said the Detroit bank situa- ton was rather bad and expressed the hope that the abductors would Z realize this.
 @R is,. n1unity. he said:
 'Of course the police are contin- siIing to work on the case, simply 6ecause they have to. The McMaths whatever they may wish, feel that lc would not be fair to ask the police not to work on 1t.
 MT McMath wants the kidnap- exs to understand that he will pay 2ll he can to get the child back, and will not prosecute or interfere H any way. He promises that they tan come to the house at any time Hithout fear.
 .f'The McMaths feel there is not me slightest grounds for ven- teance motive. MT McMath hasn't II1e vaguest idea who the kidnapers 7 nay be. Living around here for the past two years, they have not been ! familiar with anything of this sort because in this quiet community | 9othing of that sort has ever hap oened.
 stMr McMath will stay home and pefhaps will not step outside the touse until the case is cleared up."
 Lee described Peggy as "the sort Nho would make quite fuss if 10Fced into a strange car"
 >sShe did not make friends with ]. Managers and was shy in a we'll ] 1x0d sort of way" he said.
 Here is a description of Peggy: lark, slender, with brown eyes and hort brown hair cut in bangs.
 She wore a dark blue coat, )rown shoes and stockings. and a kn and orange dress.
 She was hatless.
 Nell c. McMath, onetime treas lror of a Detroit steel firm and Horc recently q wealthy resident < the Harwichport section of this iu4fnt Cape Cod port. frantically IXored to meet any terms the ab- I5c<ors might decree--to pay 411om with unmarked money. and Ik no queefions.
 8uf though hs and his wife kept I~Ii beside their telephone Hrouehout the night in their &mbIIng Cape Cod cottnee in e xS<o of pines overlooking Wych- 1tf< harbor, no word came. 4 HcfetAnf and six state troopers 4aHr bfp from tho West Bridge. @4I<r barracks this morning Co | <<<e house-to-house canfass in ]
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-03

cross the length of Cuba he began Q 700-nlile highway, costing $100,- 0o0,000. He also built a new $20,- 100000 capitol in Havana.
 The 700-mile highway, according to announcements, was to assist Cuban farmers in getting their crops to market, making accessible vast areas that only the ox-cart had hitherto penetrated. That Machado had a business interest in a cement company that profited from huge contracts by reason of this highway, has been a frequent report of his enemies.
 Machado's power mounted. In 1928 he was able to consolidate rival political parties and win re- election without opposition. despite the fact that he had promised in his first campaign that he would
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-03

l the hope of obtaining from Har- wich residents a more complete description of the liveried negro who drove away with Peggy after getting her out of school through a ruse.
 While every agency of the law cooperated in a desperate effort to track down the abductors before harm could befall the child, the distraught parents were in frequent touch by long telephone with equally worried grandparents in Detroit.
 Peggy's maternal grandfather is William R. Kales, steel magnate, and her paternal grandfather is Francis c. McMath, millionaire in- dustrialist.
 Investigators theorized that the kidnapers might intend to make ransom demands of the grand fathers, the child's father asserting that it was a mistaken idea that he himself was wealthy. Deep Hole, where police believed they today located the lair of the fronting Nantucket Sound. There oAS oNOA0o OA odAhlhSi SOtta6Sa there, all now unoccupied, and sev-
 eral by-ways windin and out of the densely-wooded area.
 Police found one cottage which had been broken into very recent ly. Also, they said, there were fresh tracks of an automobile in the vi- cinity.
 They pointed out that the school hnQ Hlye,inh 1otl from her Harwichport home to the village school at Harwich Center, a distance of about three miles, passes not far from Deep Hole.
 The bus starts at East Harwich, passes through South Chatham, then through South Harwich where Deep Hole is located, then to Har- wichport and on to Harwich Cen ter.
 Police believed that the kidnap gang, using Deep Hole as a base of operations, followed the bus by au- tomobile yesterday morning to make certain that the girl boarded it, as usual, at Harwichport.
 Later. as police reconstruct the case, the kidnapers motored to nearby South Chatham where, at Cahoon's general store and post office. the negro made two tele- phone calls.
 The negro, who wore white gloves. evidently so he would leave no fingerprints, first telephoned to the McMath home, said he was a telephone repair man and asked that the receiver be left off the hook for 10 minutes for tests.
 He then telephoned to the Har- wich Center grammar school, where Peggy was a fourth-grade pupil. and. posing as the child's father, asked that she be dismiss ed at 2:15 D. m., a little earlier than usual. The negro said a car would be waiting for her.
 Police said they had located witnesses who saw a negro and a white man pick up another white man on the Deep Hole road be- tween .12 and ?. m. yesterday. Later these men stopped at Thom- as Mulcay's filling station at Har- wich Center and bought three gallons of gasoline--all their tank would take.
 The negro was alone fin the car when 1t called at the school for Peggy shortly after 2 D. m. Jackie shaughnessy. 10. who was playing in tho school yard. said the negro was dressed like q chauffeur and was fin q blue automobile. He saw tho negro beckon to Peggy as she came out of the school.
 "She didn't want to get into tho car" Jackie said. i'but the man pulled her in and she started to cry. Ho told her to shut up and
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drove away toward North Har-

drove away toward North Har- wich."
 Jackie's mother, Mrs Mary Shaughnessy, seeing her son as q possible star witness of the case, wouldn't let him go to school today for fear that he too might be spir- ited away.
 Organized only a month ago, the Harwich police department was wrestling with its first criminal mystery. Coincidentally. the kid naping occurred hardly a stones throw from the home of Chief E. E.. Hill, who up to a month ago was merely town constable.
 McMath, the stolen child's fath- CT who is engaged in the yacht building business here, today re- pudiated reports from Detroit that in 1881 he received a series of threatening letters demanding money as insurance against kidnap- ing.
 1T never received a threatening letter in my life," he said.
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seek the office for one term only.
 A New Kind of Revolt.
 In connection with his re-elec- tion, Machado effected what his opponents claim was a move to perpetuate himself in power. He brought about a constitutional change which extended the presi- dential term from four to six years, thus extending his admins tration until 1884 and giving him 10 years in office. With the power at his command, he could dictate the choice of his successor.
 In August, 1891, ex-President Mario c. Menocal undertook an armed revolt which Machado's army put down with stern meas ures, Menocal, captured and exiled,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-03
The Law of Fight.

Typical were aSSaSSlnattOnS or Dr Clemente vasquez Belio, presi- dent of the Cuban senate and political ally of Machado, and Captain Miguel Calvo, former head of the secret police. Both were slain on busy thoroughfares, in daylight, by men who dashed past in autos firing shot guns.
 Many members, or suspected members, of the "ABC" have been slain by the secret police in equally ruthless manner. Often, those killings have been defended on the ground that the victims preferred death to capture, though the evil dence in many cases is not con- vincing. One police official alone is accused of 40 officials assassina- tions.
 Police have also defended kill ings on the ground that the ley de fuga Claw of fight) recognized the right of an officer to. shoot an escaping prisoner. But, according to witnesses, prisoners have been released, told to flee and then shot down as they ran.
 Bombing has been common, in. cendiary fires have destroyed much property. Great numbers of political prisoners have been jailed.
 President Machado, whose life has been threatened many times, is heavily guarded by soldiers and machine gun crews in his palace. He rides to and from his country estate in his bullet-proof auto. under escort of soldiers armed with rifles and machine guns.
 NEXT: Cuba's economic distress and Americas vast stake on the island.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-03
Bill Would Mix
 Up Our Schools
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(Continued from Page ID where daylight time is approved. opposition to the bill will be found.
 In Waterbury, if tho bill should be passed and become effective, all school children would be obliged to go to school one hour earlier than they do now. Tn word schools would begin at 7:45 a. m. instead of S:45 a. m. during the period that daylight time was in effect. There would be a corre- spending change in the time that schools closed daily.
 When the measure was received in the house. 1t was first voted to table 1t for future action. but when Majority Leader Raymond Baldwin explained what confusion would exist throughout the state where daylight time was observed it was decided to recommit the bill to the committee on education.
 New Haven county was given permission today to become a stockholder in the Mechanics Bank of New Haven. The bank, which was closed over a year ago, is now being reorganized. Under it's reorganization plans all de-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-03
By RODNEY BUTCHER NEA Service Writer

Washington-If men with shot, guns rode through the streets of Washington shooting down their political enemies, if machine guns were mounted at the White House and the president dared venture forth only in an armored automo- bile, if frequent bomb explosions shook Pennsylvania avenue, if jails were filled with political prisoners
 If all this happened in Washing ton today it would be comparable to the revolt that has been going on in Havana where rebellious groups are seeking to overthrow President Gerardo Machado, Cu- ba's iron-handed dictator.
 Such are conditions in the re- volt-torn island republic that now appear to be leading to American diplomatic intervention with Sum- ner Wells. newly appointed U. s. ambassador to Cuba, bossing the job of restoring peace and order. Machado, & soldier risen to the presidency, is a dictator with few equals, having the executive, leg islative and judicial branches of the government in his hand. Cuba's Congress bends to his will, he con- trols the supreme court and the army and navy.
 A Man of Action.
 V Martial law, military censorship And secret police organization That deals out bloody retaliation to those who seek to overthrow him rave been used to cement his power.
 A strong, virlle man of past 60, Machado's entire life has been packed with action. As baby he was imprisoned, with his mother, 1n dreary Santa Clara prison as The result of his fathers leader ship in a revolt against Spanish rule many years ago. He, himself. commanded a division in Cuba's 1895 uprising against Spain that was followed by the Spanish-Am- erican war and the island libera- ton.
 A business man of wide experi- ence, Machado was for a long time president of the Cuban subsidiary of the Electric Bond & Share Com pany of New York. He became Friendly to Wall street bankers- Which has brought about the charge now that he has played the game of these interests in Cuba. ~ Following political activity that had made him prominent for Years, Machado was first elected to The Cuban presidency in 1924. In-