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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-11-21
HOW ABOUT RUN FROM
HAVANA after REPEAL?
QUERY IS UNANSWERED

people, even in the absence of def
mite Instructions. say not.
To Keep Florida Dry
IF he is going into a wet state.
making an interstate trip and can
prove that fact, his liquor will not
be taken away from him, as | fig
ure it" customs officer said.
but Florida is dry. The govern
ment will use every effort to see
that the right of the state to con-
itinue dry is respected.
Boat passengers from Havana
to Tampa put their baggage on the
platform at Key West to be ex-
amined. There is no second search
at Port Tampa unless customs men
have suspicious. The Pan-Ameri-
can Always plane, soon to be
coming in at Ballast Point, will
toss the luggage out there to be
inspected.
NEtAmhC - 9EAEEu
Take the case of the passenger
returning here from Havana with
"a lot of perfume. On his mani
fest, and under 500 in total cost.
il comes through. But if it is in
his baggage and not on his mani
fest--and they find it-they will
fine him double the amount of the
cost of the perfume. 1t may be
like that with rum.
After Florida wipes out its dry
law n year hence, il it does. there
will be no complications about
bringing hack from Cuba a little
Of Cnha's famous rum. There will
be no smashing and filming where
= wee bit is brought in for a mans
personal use.
The question now is interesting
to travellers. TO customs people. to
ship operators.
If q Tampan. in New York.
buys six quarts for himself and
brings ii home in his bag who is
going TO stop him." Sheriff Spen.
Ger might ask. ~Rut If he tries
that on . "trip from Havana they'll
nab him. You see more hrokeu
bottles around Key West than Key
West erawfish.s
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-11-21

Activities of the Emergency Re-
lief Council of Monroe county are
today being transferred to the
Civil Works Administration. This
action is i'm line with authorization
received yesterday from Marcus G..
Fagg.
Mr.. Fagg, former administrators
! Of Emergency Relief programs in
Florida, has been made executive
officer Of the Civil Works admin
istration ana IN telegram to
William W. Demeritt sets out the
salient points of the organization
relative to the projects in Key
West.
The telegram first asks If Mr..
Demeritt and other members of
the relief organization will be
willing to work as the heads of the
Civil Works Administration in
Monroe county. To this query
Mr.. Demeritt replied in the affir-
NATIVE. after consulting other
members Of the council.
All projects in this county are
to be submitted and recommended
to the state administration through
the civil works group.
Ask. For Complete List
To enable Mr.. Fagg and his as
SOCRATES to have a clear coneep-
tlon of the situation and needs IN
Monroe county. Mr. Dcmeritt is
asked to furnish the number of
men on the relief lists who are
able and willing to work.
Also how many women. How
many whites and how many color
ED and what is the earliest date
on which a transfer Of all work
of relief clients could be made to
present projects on . 80 hour n
SEEK basis. giving the number af
skilled ard nnskiEied persons on
the iiats.
IT N also asked that as estimate
be furnished Of tho weekly ailot-
raent 81 funds needed for arsAIIl-
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DEFENDANTS in
SLOT MACHINE
TRIAL DISMISSED
CASE TOOK UP ALL OF YES
TERDAY IN CRIMINAL
COURT; VERDICT RENDER
ED LATE IN AFTERNOON

The defendants in the slot ma.
chine cases tried in criminal court
yesterday were found not guilty
at 4:30 o'clock yesterday after.
noon when court was called to or.
der after the noon recess, two wit
nesses were introduced by the de-
Tense. Clements Jaycocks, chief
deputy sheriff, and Enrique Mayg,
deputy.
These officers arrested the de-
PENDANTS on a capias issued out of
criminal court by County Solicitor
j. F. Busto, on affidavits of Jo-
seph G. Knight and Clyde Knight.
These were the only witnesses for
the prosecution.
The defense witnesses testified
that in none of the places visited
were there any slot machines found
nor were there any evidences of
any having been operated.
With this evidence by the Off
GERS, it was conceded that the case
of the state had collapsed and
there was no chance for a convic-
ton.
After the arguments and the
case was given to the jury for con-
sideration they left the court room
and in about five minutes returned
with verdict of not guilty.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-11-21
(Tampa Tribune)

Just about the time the 18th
amendment is formally repealed
passengers from Havana win be
arriving in Tampa two ways-by
boat aud plane.
So the question has been asked
land asked quite often--what
viii be the regulations about
bringing home Il bottle Of rum for
the old lady?
No regulations to fit the new
situation have been sent to Gus
toms officers in Tampa by Wash
ington. But they are expected
any day. In the absence of such
instructions, the force here and at
Key West, where the main search
ing IS carried on. is not prepared
To answer questions. The depart
nent itself is in the air.
Allowed One Quart Before
Before prohibition, a passenger
from Havana was permitted to re-
turn to Florida with one quart of
liquor. duty free. provided it was
listed on his manifest.
After prohibition. if he put
quart on his manifest they simply
took it away from him. But If
he put ii in his baggage and they
found it--they always managed to
find Il al Key West-they busted
the bottle right under his nose
and fined him So, They are doing
that today.
But will they bust it and fine
him after repeaI2 Some steamship
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of five projected to be anchored
every 500 miles on a path across
the Atlantic.
Two Other Contestants
The two other contestants are
the dirigible advocates, on one
hand, and the one-hop plane
advocates, OH the other. The
latter point to an order by one
of the big air lines for six planes
with a 3,000-mile cruising radius.
The seadromes, as modelled, re-
semble flat oval docks on tall
piers, their tops almost COM
pletely bare steel flooring, under
which are two floors of hotel and
hangers. This superstructure
stands on hollow steel columns,
with buoyancy tanks at the bot
tom to keep the drome afloat.
The flying deck is to be 1,225
feet long, 800 feet wide amid
ships, $50 feet in girth at the
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-11-21
Senate Investigation Shows
Big Profits Made By Bankers
In Financing OF New Concern
Case Deals With General
Theatre Equipment Inc. ;
Profits Said To Be Over
$4,OOO,OOO
n,y Assoclatea Pre.sl

WASHINGTON, Nov. 81.
Evidence that profits of
more than $4,0OO,000 were
made within a few weeks by
bankers who financed the or
ganization of the General
Theatre Equipment, Inc, was
presented today to senate
investigators.
This was received after
Ferdinand Pecora, banking
committee counsel, announc-
ed that William Fox, noted
movie executive had been
s.
subpoenaed to testify Thurs
day about the loss of his vast
holdings.
The investigating commit
tee sitting at the hearing will
make a thorough probe into
all matters dealing with the
procedure, and it is expected
that many other witnesses
will be called before the pro-
ceedings are brought to a
close.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-11-21
HUNGARY DISCOVERS
ANCIENT SWASTIKAS

BUDAPEST. Nov. 2i.-Ear-
rings and q spinning wheel en-
graved with swastikas we're found
in ancient graves recently opened
near kiskoer0s and datings back
to tie AvmrS who invaded this
country 1000 years age.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-11-21
'LINDBERCHS LAND
AT HORTA, AZORES
FLYING SPEED ON TRIP OVER
ONE HUNDRED MILES
AN HOUR
my Associated Press,

my Associated Press1
HORTA, Azores. Nov. FL.
Colonel and Mrs. Charles A.
Lindbergh, flying their big
seaplane, covered more than
800 miles from Lisbon today
to land safely here at 1i:20
Eastern Standard time, today.
Their flying speed was
something over 100 miles an
hour.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-11-21

BY HOWARD w. BLAKESLEE
(Associated Press Science Editor
NEW YORK, Nov. 21.-
Their slogan "New York to
London in 80 hours the
big seadrome men have
hopes of victory in the first
round of a three cornered
contest for establishing reg
ular transatlantic flying
service.
These hopes rest on the an
nouncement that the Public Works
administration is considering
granting a $1,5OO.OOO loan for
immediate experiments on a
quarter-section of a seadrome--a
floating island of steel. 1t is one
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-11-21
TWO NAVAL SHIPS
in HARBOR TODAY
TANKER w. B. ANDERSON IS
EXPECTED TO ARRIVE TO-
MORROW OR THURSDAY

Two naval ships are in the har-
Dor today. The Destroyer Golf.
which arrived yesterday afternoon
from Miami and the Sturtevant
which has been In port almost one
week.
The Tanker w. B. Anderson is
expected to arrive tomorrow or
Thursday with a cargo Of fuel oil
for the tanks at the naval station.
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WHERE TO GO
TONIGHT

TONIGHT
Bayvfem pmrh-~Daamon1bail.
Strand Secret ct taae Bsae
Roagn~ and ''FesnaIe."
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BRIDCEToN. N. j.. Nov. I'll
America first .tratosphere bal
loon joIted to rest in the marsh
land southwest Of BridEston late
yesterday.
A. hundreds searched the pine
woods. cranberry boKs and Sulti-
vAted farms in southern Nev Jsf-
ssy. Lieutenant cesnsn&mdsr r. c.
w. Settle and Major Chester Ford
asy slept the night ihsesgh wrap
ped IN a Debated fabric Of the
big h.Ileea awaiting d@ybre.k.
~ ss44 A. ~. Major Fexaney
txsdged through the Enarsh l.nds.
walking untaI $50 whea be rsaek-
ed the hems Of S. N. Jsknsaa.
I'm hungry aad I'd Ike as uss
ahs tsisphsns. Maisx Fordney
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TOMORROW

Strand ~ +Mi1shipnan Jack r.
and Secret IF THE Blue Roora-"
The Washington times., 1933-08-05
Divorces End Idyllic Life
Of Happy Zoo Families

Incompatability as ground for
divorce has made its appearance
at the Zoo and DR.. William A.
Mann, director of the Zoo and
arbiter of his charges marital diff
ficulties, wishes he could affect a
couple of reconciliationS.
After many years of domestic
bliss, Mr.. and Mrs. PotamochoeruS
Choeropotamus have come to a
parting of cages. Mrs. Choeropo-
tamuS is occupying a large cage
by herself near the Reptile House,
while her spouse is enjoying single
blessedness on the far side of the
Zoo.
Mr.. and Mrs. Choeropotamus
are African bush pigs. They came
to the Zoo from the private collec-
ton of the late Victor J. Evans,
Washington patent attorney.
Another couple Who have agreed
violently to disagree are Mr.. and
Mrs. Hyaena Brunnea. They oc-
cupy adjoining cages, and snarl at
each other through heavy timbers
separating their cages. They are
brown hyenaS and are very rare.
The worst outbreak of temper in
the married quarters was that
staged by an Australian crane who,
after IA years of married life,
which may explain it. jumped on
his mate and beat her to death.
The Washington times., 1933-08-05
NEW RULE AIDS
EX-NORKERS

Names on the Civil Service
Commissions unemployment list
will henceforth not take prece-
dence over former Federal en-
ployes who are entitled to rein
statement, the commission has
decided in a ruling announced
today.
The net effect of this will be
to make possible the reemploy-
ment of persons "unblanketed"
by the recent executive order of
President Roosevelt, it appeared
on examination of the situation,
as we'll as unemployment of those
who have been outside the Gov
ernment service for a consider
able period but who are entitled
to reinstatement.
Previously it has been practi-
cally impossible for clerks and
stenographers to gain reinstate-
ment, even if they were entitled
to it.
Persons on the unemployment
register took precedence, and
those who had been out Of the
Government service more than a
year could not be placed on the
register. Neither could they get
new jobs till the register had
been cleared, which practically
meant never.
The Washington times., 1933-08-05
AUCTION To END
CHURCHFETE

Auction sales. with everything
on the 30-odd stands going at
bargain prices, will be the fea-
ture tonight of the Holy Com
forter spirit of Washington"
carnival at Fifteenth and East
Capital Streets.
The carnival closes tonight and
everything left over" will be
disposed of to add to the build
ing fund for the new church.
The Holy Comforter Boys Band
will give a concert under the
direction of the Rev. Joseph F..
Denges. The Rev. Edward P. A.
Nestor is general chairman and
treasurer of the carnival and the
Rev. James E. Connell is pastor
of the church.
Last night Nick Altrock, base
ball comedian, was the carnival
barker.
The Washington times., 1933-08-05
TWO MEN HELD.
IN ROAD. RACE

A race between a motorcycle
and an automobile came to a sud-
den end yesterday on the Wash
ington Boulevard at Muirkirk, Md,
when Maryland State Policeman
c. A. Parker joined in the con-
test.
Policeman Parker was forced
to run his motorcycle wide open"
to overtake the racers.
The race over, Stanley R. Pierce,
19, the 200 block Fourteenth St.
S. E., and Charles L. Segersten, of
New York, were arrested on
charges of speeding. Pierce was
operating the motorcycle and
Segersten the machine. The lat
ter posted bail for trial in Hyatts-
vile police court, but Pierce was
Jailed,
The Washington times., 1933-08-05

Reports that Mrs. Cecil B.
Dickson, of Washington, had
gone to Las Vegas, New, to es-
tablish a residence we're con-
firmed today by members of Mrs.
Dickson's family here.
Mrs. Dickson is a step-daugh-
ter of DR.. William A. White, SUI
perintendent of St. El:GabethS
Hospital, and the former wife of
Lester Maitland, noted ,flier,
from whom she obtained a di-
Vorce in 1880.
Maitland in 1928, with Lieut..
Albert Hegenberger, made the
first flight from the United
States to Hawaii. He has re-
married since his divorce from
the present Mrs. Dickson. Since
the arrival of Mrs. Dickson at
Las Vegas he has made number
of airplane plights to that city
to visit their 8 year old daughter.
The Dicksons were married at
Rockville, Md, in July, 1881.
Interviewed in Las Veges, Mrs.
Dickson declined to comment on
her plans. She obtained her
divorce from Maitland in Las
Vegas.
The Washington times., 1933-08-05
WRITER CALLS
j. s. PRISONS
ROTTEN"
Chicago American Prober
Fears Hell Will Break Loose
Any Time; Convicts Rule

CHICAGO, Aug. 5 QNS).
The Chicago American today
printed the following story from
Karl M. Kahn, their staff writer
making an investigation of condi-
tions in the Federal penitentiary
at Leavenworth:
The torch of insurrection against
authority and rebellion against
prison rules is flaming wildly in
both the Federal prisons here.
When Terry Druggan, the Chi
cago hoodlum whose stomach
ache" caused him to be sent to the
hospital in the annex prison when
he was removed as a trusty, ran
the guard and took many iaunts
to the little gray house on Spruce
Street, he did so because of
disciplinary system that is rotten
to the core.
Officials Helpless
And, although Federal agents
are probing deeply into the case
OF Druggan, his many liberties and
his frequent visits to the house he
maintained for Mrs. Bernice van
de Houten, of Chicago, the disci-
pline in the annex and main
prisons remain negligible.
So insolent, so oVerbearing. so
confident of their own powers
have convicts become that guards
are assaulted, they are cursed, they
live in fear of their lives, they be-
lieve the day is not far distant
when "all hell will break loose"
and officials, although they will
deny they say so, frankly admit
to those close to them that they
are helpless.
They are helpless, they say. be-
cause of the present method Of
prison administration, under di-
rection of Sanford Bates, Director
of Federal Prisons at Washington.
Has Gone to He'll
Half a dozen persons connected
with the two penitentiaries have
told this correspondents:
discipline has gone to hell in
both places"
They give facts to support their
assertion.
And they say that unless there
is change in conditions, and that
quickly, the 1900 men in the main
prison and the 100 in the annex
surely will revolt and riot while
intoxicated with a sence of false
power.
Seven guards have been as
saulted in the main prison in re-
cent months.
The Washington times., 1933-08-05
NUD|ST SEEKS
DEBATE FOE

Standing in "the dawn of a
new age" in which this subject
of nudiSm is one which America
must face sooner or later" DR..
Alice Caporn, Australian nudiSt,
is looking around for a worthy
opponent for a debate on the
subject of nudism, to be held
August 10.
A number of persons have
volunteered to debate the subject
with the late member of the
League for the Larger Life, but
Linn A. E. Gale, president of the
Washington Open Forum, where
the debate will be staged, is try
ing to get together an imposing
list of eligibles.
DR.. William A. White, of st.
Elizabeths Hospital, yesterday
branded nudism as immodest, un-
healthy and childish.
The Washington times., 1933-08-05
HOURS Of 1900.
GUT To OFFSET
OVERTIME
Agriculture Adjustment Clerks
Enjoy Short Days After
Rush of Work Ends

Early daily dismissal of 1900
employees of the Agricultural Ad-
justment Administration during
Washington's heat wave was not
motiyated by the heat but by
overtime accrued by the employees
working four successive Saturday
afternoons, and nights.
AS a result these employees were
entitled to IL hours overtime un-
der the ruling. So, during the
heat wave when the thermometer
lowered around 100 degrees, each
shift was let out three hours in
advance.
Skeleton Crews on Duty
1t is now planned to retain
only skeleton sections this after
noon and tomorrow. In this man.
ner most of the employees will
have been compensated for over
time.
Those sections not given time
off are the mailing division, card
punching section and tabulation
unit.
1t was said at the department
today that cotton contracts with
more than 100000 farmers will
be completed within few days,
after which will come the task
of mailing them checks. There
are 100000 contracts, and all
but about 100000 are completed.
Force May Be Cut
Officials declined to say how
many employees would be dis
charged at the termination at the
present work, but it was stated
that tobacco contracts which fol-
low would not be of such an EN-
ergency nature nor as great in
volume.
Work on wheat contracts is eX-
pected to begin September /, af-
fecting 100000 farmers. This
work probably will last about a
Meanwhile, it was said, efforts
are being made to place many of
the temporary employees in other
departments,
The Washington times., 1933-08-05
JOHNSON FACES
HARDEST TEST
IN COAL CODE
Real Fight Still to Come, De-
spite Temporary Truce;
Hearing Wednesday
BY International News Service


Despite the Governments tenn
porary victory in suppressing the
coal miners strike in Pennsyl-
vania, Hugh S. Johnson, National
Recovery Administrator, faces a
severe test when the coal code
comes before him for a hearing
Wednesday.
The pineapple" of all codes,
as johnson once termed it, has
developed into a bigger "pineap-
pie" than he expected.
Steel Company Obstinate
Winning an apparent quick VIC
tory when the steel code was
eased through a brief public hear
ing Monday with scarcely loud
word said, he was confronted al
most Immediately with a roper
cuSsion in the form of strike in
the Steel-controlled H. c. F'rick
mines, which threatened to spread
throughout the mine areas.
The obstacle to Government
success in the attempt to check
the strike was the steel companies
obstinacy where their mines
were concerned. FriCk repreSen-
tatiVeS were adamant in refuS-
ing to attend the peace confer
enceS here with union mine lead
ers and Governor Pinchot of
Pennsylvania.
While the recovery machine
bumped along a rocky ridge of
the road, other parts of it rolled
over smooth ground. Following
the suddenly adopted policy of
allowing major employment groups
to substitute hours of their own
choosing for the more rigid limits
originally planned. new fields of
jobs have opened.
A dozen or more big employing
industries or businesses, with hun
dreds Of thousands of workers,
added their firms to the list of
code-signers. Including in these
we're:
Advertising specialties: mini
mum wages of 80 cents per hour
for 40-hour week.
Knitted outer-wear: minimum
35 cents per hour or $14 per
week for a 40-hour week.
Lumber Trade Code
Retail dealers in lumber, lum-
ber products, and building spe-
cialties; minimum of 80 cents per
hour in Southern territory up to
SO cents an hour in New York
and New Jersey, with varying diff
ferrentials between, such as 35
cents in Kentucky, 40 in Indiana,
As in Illinois, and California.
The Washington times., 1933-08-05
CLUB To FETE
ORPHANS

Children of st. Johns Orphan
age, Columbia Pike, Arlington,
Va, will be guests of the Ar
lington County Kiwanis Club at
a picnic August 16, John F. Web
ster, president of the club, an
nounced today. This is the Sec
ond annual picnic for the chill
dren held by the Kiwanis Club.
Earle w. English is chairman
of the committee in charge of
the outing. He will be assisted
by Bailey P. Byars, vice chair
man; Basil DeLashmutt. Ernest
B. Seeing. Joseph Wallingford
Keith, Arthur C. Stickley I'd, B,
C. Thompson and F.. D. Rogerson.
The Washington times., 1933-08-05
j. s. EMPLOYEES
Z FIND CHANCES
IMPROVING
Secretary Roper Has Done
Much to Aid in ReempIoy- !
ment of Efficient Workers
BY DUNCAN FORSYTH

When the turmoil and shout
ing have died down, following
the Governments reorganization
troubles, a good many of those
employees who have been dis
missed will be found back at
their desks, doing the same jobs
they have been engaged on here
tofore, and a large number of
the others will be doing similar
work in the new emergency units.
The net turnover in the Federal
employ, it appeared today, would
be comparatively small. The less
efficient of the older employees,
those entitled to retirement on a
pension basis after 80 years SER
vice, will be about the only con.
siderable group not provided for
in the unemployment plans, ac-
eording to present indications.
Credit To Roper
Those who have followed
closely the Governments proc
esses in reducing the staff of the
established organizations and
building up the new ones attrib-
ute the relatively happy outcome
largely to the efforts of Daniel
C. Roper, Secretary of Com
merce, who has shown himself
throughout the unpleasant busi-
ness Of reorganization a sincere
friend of the Federal employees.
1t was ironical that he had to
make about the severest cuts of
all in his own organization. How
ever, Roper took the lead from
the first in devising ways and
means of saving jobs and essen
tial services, both in the interest
OF competent employees and eff
eient government, and surpris-
angly high degree of success
seems likely to be attained.
Favored by Roosevelt
It is evident that President
Roosevelt intended from the first
to minimize hardships to faithful
employees to as great an extent
as possible, but Secretary Roper
was the first public official of
prominence to speak vigorously
in their behalf and to point out
ways in which they could be kept
in the ranks of the employed.
Months ago he urged upon
Brig. Gen. Hugh S. johnson the
utilization in the NRA of the
commodities divisions of the De-
partment of Commerce. That
plan now seems to be working out
successfully.
He also sought the aid Of busi-
ness interests in maintaining
commercial services both in this
country and abroad, and inter
ested private foundations in sup
porting important statistical work
of the Department of Commerce.
for which funds otherwise would
be lacking.
Roper also favored, and largely
brought about, the utilization of
public works funds to keep es-
Sential services in operation dur
ing the period of the emergency.