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Evening star., 1934-04-11
JUSTICE EMPLOYE
LEAPS FROM BRIDGE
Hugh P. Melton, Rescued, Said
to Have Complained of Being
Discouraged.

Attempting suicide by jumping from
Arlington Memorial Bridge late yes
terday, according to report by
United States Park Police, Hugh P
Melton, 42-year-old Department OF
Justice auditor, was described today
as being none the worse for his ex-
perience. Melton was quoted by OFF,
Ger Mark H. Raspberry, who responded
to call for aid after the auditor was
nshed out of the Potomac River by a
bridge guard. as saying that he was
tired and discouraged.
Police asserted that Melton leaped
from the 5O-foot-high Arlington Me-
mortal Bridge, but apparently became
frightened. after hitting the water
He clung to one of the concrete piers
and was rescued by Guard j. W.
Christerson, who was on duty nearby
at the draw span.
The park police we're summoned
and Officer Raspberry and Officer
Samuel Millhouser called an Emer-
gency Hospital ambulance and gave
the man first aid. Suffering from
exposure and shock, Melton was taken
to the hospital, where he was treated
and later released in the care of
friends. Relatives in Staunton. Va,
have been notified, police declared.
Evening star., 1934-04-11
DEFENDS ACTIONS
AS HEAD Of BANK
James A. Sti||man Tells
Court He Would Repeat
Decisions.
Nv the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 11.-Defending
his activities as chairman OF the Ma
tional City Bank, James A. Stillman,
now a director and one of the largest
stockholders, testified in Supreme
Court yesterday that he approved of
all of the banks transactions during
the last Is years and would sanction
them again in similar circumstances
Stillman testified at the trial of an
action brought by minority stock
holders to recover $70.00o,000 allegedly
wasted through mismanagement by
the directors.
He was questioned particularly
about the Cuban sugar loans and in
vestments which, the stockholders
contend, resulted in a potential loss
OF $34,000,000 to the bank and its
former securities affiliate, the Nation
al City Co.
Stillman said he approved of all the
bank did in Cuba then and since" "
Beekman Winthrop. who with Percy
A. Rockefeller and Stillnan is trustee
OF the City Co., formerly the National
CITY Co., denied the $34,000,000 in
vested in Cuba was total loss.
He and Stillman both defended
creation of a management fund to
provide additional compensation to
valued officers and employees, and the
$2,400O00 fund established to aid
officers and employees during the de-
preston. The said the funds boil
stored the morale of the staff.
Evening star., 1934-04-11
PRESS ROOM HEAD DIES
Brother Martin of Notre Dame
University Expires.

University Expires.
SOUTH BEND, Ind, April II (P.-
Brother Martin, A, c. S. c., for 20
years head of the press room of the
Ave Maria Press at Notre Dame Uni
versity, died yesterday.
Born Pierre Fife at Aurora. Kans.,
Brother Martin came to Notre Dame
in 1918. Among the survivors are two
sisters. Mother NJ Alexine, S. S. j.,
mother superior of Nazareth Con-
vent at La Grange, ILL.,. and Mother
Bernard, S. S. j., mother superior of
Nazareth Convent at Orange, Calf.
Evening star., 1934-04-11
SYNOD SESSIONS OPEN
Five Midwest States Represented
at st. Joseph, Mo.

at st. Joseph, Mo.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. April II (P.-
The 66th annual meeting of the
Synod Of Kansas and adjacent States
Of the United Lutheran Church and
the 54th annual convention of the
Women's and Young Women's Mis-
sionary Societies opened here yester-
day with members from Missouri
Kansas, Oklahoma. Arkansas and Ne
braska present. Forty-flve synods in
those States are represented.
Rev. Orlando Ingvolstad, Ottawa,
Ill, president of the Lutheran Bible
School of Chicago, will be the prin-
cipal speaker at tomorrow's session.
DR.. I. w. Bingham, Quincy, ILL.,, will
speak at q dinner tonight.
Evening star., 1934-04-11
A Parking Service

The Capital Garage maintains q
branch service at the curb ada.
cent to our G Street entrance.
Upon request of owners, uniformed
employees Of the Capital Garase
will take the car to their sarase
for parking, and will return same
when wanted at the sarase's
regular parking rates of 2sc for
the first hour, and Sc for each
additional hour or part thereof.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-02-17
LINDBERGH GETS
MUCH GIFT STOCK

WASHINGTON, Feb. IT.
Members of the senate air mail in
vestigating committee said today
they are inquiring into the gift
of Pan American Always stock
opinion warrants to Charles A..
Lindbergs several weeks ago, in
answers to a QUESTIONABLE the
committee sent to all persons
prominent in aviation industry.
In committee hearings it has
been developed that Lindbergh re-
ceived approximately $3.50, 900
worth of Transcontinental Air
Transport stock as gift. He is
the technical adviser for that firm.
Pan American warrants were
for the purchase Of stock at Is
and 80 dollars a share. II is now
selling around IL. The Pan
American, whose route extends to
the West Indies and South Amer
lea, still holds its air mail con-
tract.
The committee would not give
the value Of warrants received By
the noted fIier.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-02-17
YACHT SACHEM IS
PLACED ON WAYS
THREE-MASTED VESSEL WILL
UNDERGO EXTENSIVE
REPAIRS

The three-masted Schooner
Yacht Sachem is being hauled out
on the Key West Marine Railway
today and will undergo extensive
repairs to the hull aud keel.
During a heavy wind last week
the yacht went aground near
Turtle Harbor in the vicinity of
Key Largo and suffered consid-
cradle damage to both hull and
keel.
1t was the intention of the own
er to have the vessel repaired fur
ther up the coast but in that sec
ton there were no marine rail-
ways that could handle vessel of
this size and it was brought to Key
West.
Yacht Antonio from Pittsburgh,
Pa, arrived in port this morning.
took water at the F. E. C. term
inals and is anchored in the stream.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-02-17
WARNING GIVEN TO
KEEP HANDS OFF

PARIS. Feb. 17.-Three great
powers of Europe - England,
France and Italy-drafted today,
reliable reports said, warning to
Germany to keep hands off Aus
tria.
The joint declaration will be adj
dressed to the world at large.
The understanding here is that
the movement on the part of the
three powers is intended to pre-
serSe Austria's independence. A
manifesto is expected to be issued
within as hours.
Premier Mussolini. espousing ef-
forts to keep Maxi control away
from Austria. proposed the three
power announcement.
In France. Premier Doumergua
has the backing of both houses OF
parliament In any moves the gov
eminent may see fit to take along
lines outlined by Mussolini.
The chamber Of deputies foreign
affairs committee even went so
far as to urge the Doumergue min
istry TO speed action toward as
surfing Austria's freedom.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-02-17
Roosevelt Forwards Legislative
Proposal To House Chairman For
Regulating Commodity Exchanges
ny Associated Pressl

WASHINGTON, Feb. l7.-Both
the senate and house are in the
weekend recess today, but a few
members attended a session of the
house agricultural committee, and
learned of letter President
Roosevelt has written endorsing in
principle the Bankhead bill for
compulsory control of cotton pro-
duction. 'ss
President Roosevelt also sent
legislative proposals for regylAt-.
ing commodity exchanges, to
Chairman Jones of the house Ag-
committee.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-02-17

swarm front" The rising warm
air is cooled, its moisture con-
denses and falls as rain or snow.
Meanwhile the cold air is push
ing under the warm air mass on an
other so-called "cold front" This
causes another kind of weather,
short gusty squalls of rain or
snow, over small areas.
Sharp changes of temperature
and wind direction go with both
types of weather. Duration and
severity of such storms depend
upon the wind direction, amount
of moisture in the air and the
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-02-17
COUNCIL ORDERS
ALL DUE LICENSES
TO BECOLLECTED
ORDINANCE PERTAINING TO
AUTO PARKING SPACE
PASSED ON FIRST READING;
OTHERS HEARD

At the regular meeting of the
city council last night, the matter
of collecting delinquent licenses
from various merchants, who have
failed to pay up thus far, was TAX
en- up for discussion, and it was
ordered that the chief of police,
along with the license inspector,
start at once in collecting this rev.
enue.
1t was also decided to fully en-
force the ordinance pertaining to
the operation of dance halls, in
Guiding places where jitney dances
and the like are conducted, by pay
ment of the regular license for this
privilege.
An ordinance designating GER
tain. parking space on Duval street,
near Fleming, for "for hire" auto
mobiles, was passed on its initial
reading. There was a similar ord
nance passed recently pertaining
to parking space on Fleming, near
Duval street.
The request of Mrs. Andrew ].
Page for automobile parking space
in front of her place of business,
corner of Duval and Fleming
streets, in order that she may give
curb service, was granted. This
matter was first brought before
the council several months ago,
and has been held in allegiance
since that time. This privilege
specifics that automobiles will be
permitted to park there for PEE
Rod of five minutes.
After disposing of a few other
matters of routine nature, the
meeting was ordered adjourned.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-02-17
WIN. v. ALBURY
in SENATE RACE
MAKES FORMAL ANNOUNCE
MENT IN COLUMNS OF THE
CITIZEN TODAY

William V. Albury, who is now
representative to the Florida leg
islature from this district, makes
formal announcement in the col
umns of The Citizen today of his
candidacy for State Senator from
the twenty-fourth district.
Mr.. Albury, who is also Monroe
County attorney, has made an
enviable reputation in his capacity
of representative in the House of
Representatives, particularly, in
connection with his various duties
representing the people Of Key
West and the entire county Of
Monroe.
Mr. Albury is well and favor
ably known in Key West and other
parts of the district, and his num-
erous friends predict that he viii
be victorious in his proposed race
for the senatorship.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-02-17
Austrian Fascists Gain Ground
In Move To Dominate Government
England, France And Italy
Give Warning To Ger
many To Keep Hands
Off Austria
tBy Associated Press,

VIENNA, Feb. H.-Aus-
TRAN fascists scored a big
gain in their drive to domi-
nate the government today
with the elevation of another
leader to a cabinet post, and
the ousting of thousands of
socialists from public office.
They won, too, in Chan
cellor Engelbert Dollfuss'
failure to heed the demand
of his own Christian social
party that parliament be re-
convened at once.
Emphasizing the ascendency of
Fascist influence, under Secretary
Observation-Disclosures, member of
fascist heimwehr or home guard,
has been appointed minister of
social welfare.
The cabinet accelerated its gem
eral anti-socialist campaign by de-
elaring null and void position and
prerOgatives Of every official
elected to that party's ticket.
Five more socialists condemned
for insurrectionary activities were
hanged in Vienna.
Six others were sentenced TO
death but their sentences were
commuted to prison terms a few
hours before they were to have
died.
Not even Hanging courts"
however, could halt the guerrilla
warfare waged against fascist
heimwehr by ragged bands of So
cialists.
Cash reward and no questions
asked for return of machine guns
and rifles" This is the newest
poster in Vienna today.
The whole city is mass of gov
eminent posters. It is expected
workers in most cases viii let their
women and children surrender
arms and collect rewards.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-02-17
Two Sailors Of Golf Charged
With Passing Counterfeit Bills

Commissioner Gwynn then made
arrangements ito have secret
service operative come to Key
West. He arrived yesterday
and in company of Captain Ri
vas started thorough investiga-
ton, first reporting the situation
to the commanding officer of the
Golf and Lieutenant Commander
ID. II. Godfrey. senior officer of
the squadron in Key West.
Both of these officers assisted
in every way possible and did all
they could to smooth the way for
a check-up on the affairs of the
men and the ship. Every man on
the vessel was called on to display
all paper monies. No other spur
ions bills were found. 1888 80
Establish Identity
Later a group of sailors were
lined up on the dock and the wom-
an who had first reported receiv-
ing the bills was called. She wore
a mask to hide her identity and
unhesitatingly indicated the two
men, Rountree and Taylor.
The men were held in custody
at the request of the secret serv-
ice operative and the police cap
tain and this morning were placed
in the brig pending news from
Washington.
The expected advices will deter
mine the status of the men. as the
secretary of the navy has been re-
quested to surrender the prison.
ers to the federal authorities for
trial on charge of passing coun-
terfeit So bills.
Ii the request is granted, the
men will at once be given a pre-
liminary hearing before U. S.
Commissioner Gwynn who will fix
their bonds and determine their
disposition while awaiting trial.
Another Bill Found
Another of the bills was found
in the automobile in which the
CONTINUED on Page Fourl
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-02-17
JACOB EDWARDS
BURIED in MIAMI

Jacob Edwards, who died in Mi
ami on Wednesday, was buried in
that city yesterday. according to
advices received in Key West.
The deceased Is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Sophia Edwards; four
sons, Earl, Mortimer, Edward and
Charles Edwards; four brothers,
William and Lewis Edwards of
Key West, and John Edwards,
Tampa. and Winner Edwards, Mi
ami, also three grandchildren.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-02-17
Resubnlission OF All CWA
Projects In Monroe County
VIII Take Place At Once
Several New Projects To
Be Requested; Reports
Being Compiled To Gov
er AL Activities

Resubmission of all CWA
projects in Monroe county is
to be done Immediately. Re-
ports to cover all work ac-
complished, and that will be
done and sent in at once.
New Projects to be re-
quested by the local council
are several in number, but
the outstanding ones are the
proposed auditorium, Negro
municipal park and airport.
All of the data relative to
these are being compiled to-
gether with estimates of
costs and man hours and will
be sent to Tallahassee at the
earliest possible date.
In the opinion of W. w. Demer-
lit. administrator, all Of the pro-
jects now under course of con-
struction, and this includes the
aquarium, and all repair work, in
! GLIDING the city hall and county
court house, viii be completed in
a short time, provided materials
are received when needed.
Among the projects that are be-
ing resubmitted are those pertain
ling to women's work under the
CWS. This work has been of
great benefit to many others than
those who are working, it is
shown.
Principal Activities
At the work center in the pub
lie library building, sewing, max
ing of garments, weaving mats,
hats and rugs are the principal ac-
tivities. The completed products
are distributed to those who are
on the direct relief lists.
Other projects include assist
ants to janitors in the public
schools. Among the multifar-
ious duties performed by these
women is rebinding and repairing
books.
Helpers and cleaners are as
signed to work at the Mercedes
charity hospital and one seam
stress works repairing bed clothes
and garments.
Another worthy and very bene-
fetal work is that being carried
on at the community nursery. The
women assigned to these tasks
have carried on in a manner that
has received the commentator OF
local persons as well as strangers.
Helpers have also been assigned
TO tasks at the Marine hospital and
another group at the County home
for old people.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-02-17
HIGHWAY FERRY
TAKEN OFF WAYS
FLORIDA KEYS TAKES ITS
BERTH AGAIN AT PORTER
DOCK COMPANY PIER

After being on the ways for
about two weeks the Ferry Flor
ida Keys, of the Monroe county
system, is back at her berth at the
Porter Dock company. She came
off the ways yesterday.
There is still a great deal of
work to be done on the vessel, es-
pecially to the deck and house and
it is expected 1t will not be ready
for service for several weeks.
The Ferry Key West is also at
the Porter dock and is to be taken
out for overhaul and repairs. This
will be done as soon as the ways
is unoccupied.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-02-17
Sky Map Of Entire Country Planned
Bv New u. s. Weather Bureau Cher

By F. b. COTTON

associated Press Science Writer)
WASHINGTON, Feb. ia
daily map of Americas weather
three or four miles up in the sky,
showing conditions prevailing in
the upper air over the entire ma
ton at once, will be the basis for
plan of increased accuracy in
forecasting now in preparation.
Actually there will be a series
of sky weather maps prepared
daily, perhaps several times a day,
showing temperature, amount of
moisture in the air and wind di-
rection at different levels up to
three or four miles. They will be
part of the forecasting system
known as "air mass analysis"
which the new chief of the wealth..
er bureau, Willis Ray Gregg,
plans to introduce on a large
scale.
Planes To Chart Air
Daily, under this plan, airplanes
of the weather bureau, army and
navy will zoom up from airports
at 20 to 25 strategic points over
the United States. They will
climb to 1900 feet or higher,
carrying instruments that make
an automatic record of tempera-
ture and moisture of the air from
the ground up and back. At the
same time small pilot balloons
will be released and their drift at
different levels watched to learn
how the air is moving.
The maps made from these data
will fit one above another like the
floors of a building, and will give
an accurate picture of behavior of
the warm and cold masses of air
whose movements are the cause of
weather changes which govern
ment scientists seek to predict.
Root OF All Weather
The meetings of these masses
are at the root of all weather.
Gregg explains. The warm air,
full of moisture, moving up from
the south, rides up over an adj
vancing mass of heavy, cold polar
air along what is known as a
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-02-17
new OFFICER AT
NAVAL STATION
LIEUT.. Helm RELIEVES
LIEUT.. JACKSON TEN
PoRARILY

Lieutenant Everard H. Helm, u.
S. NJ, assumed command of the
naval station communication serv-
ice yesterday temporarily reliev-
ing Lieutenant w. B. Jackson.
Lieutenant Jackson will leave
this week for Charleston, S. c.,
to go under treatment in the navy
hospital there, and expects to be
away for several weeks.
Mrs. Jackson and daughter,
Nancy, will remain in the Jackson
quarters at the naval station until
the lieutenant returns.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-02-17

angle AMI speed at which the warm
air rises. Much of this, says Gregg,
can be predicted by the method of
air mass analysis.
Gregg served 16 years as head
of the weather bureaus theological
division before being appointed
the new bureau chief by President
Roosevelt. His job was explora-
ton of upper air secrets and or
ganization of the weather report
ing system that now serves the
$4,000 miles of government-super-
vised Always over the United
States.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-02-17
TO DROP MANY
FROM CWA ROLLS

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.-9he
Civil Works Administration plans
to drop 572,5OO persons from its
payroll next Friday instead of
400,0 as previously decided up
on.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-02-17
Seven Persons Die In Tenement
House Blaze In New York CITY

NEW YORK, Feb. H.
Seven persons, including two
children, persisted IN a fire
which swept a five-story ten
ement house on lower East
Side early today.
The barking of q dog
awakened one family in time
TO escape.
Firemen rescued many by
climbing ice-crusted lad
der.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-02-17
EXTENSIVE SNOW
in some PARTS
ZERO AND BELOW RECORDED
IN PARTS OF NEW YORK
AND NEW ENGLAND

Temperatures of zero and below
were recorded todaw in parts Of
New York and New England.
while there was extensive snow
and rainfall in Idaho and WyOm-
ing.
II also was somewhat colder
from the Ohio River to the Gulf
and South Atlantic coasts but rap
idly becoming warmer in the
Plains state. and Mississippi VAL
ley.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-02-17
BAD MIXTURE

ST. LOUIS.-Art ShipIey Of
this city accidentally mixed %
caliber cartridges with smoking
tobacco and shot hole through
the rim of his hat when he lit up
his pipe.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-02-17

proving the emergency air mail
bill today. eliminated sections
which would have let the post
master general negotiate con-
tracts with private carriers.
After the army air corps takes
charge of flying the air mail Mon
day at midnight, 14S pilots and
planes will make 60 trips each day
and cover 4O,S30 miles.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-02-17

N. J. Rountree and w. Taylor,
sailors from the u. S. Destroyer
Golf. are occupying the "brig" at
the navol station. They are
charged with passing counterfeit
bills Of SIS denomination.
They were arrested at the re-
quest Of H. F. Tyson. secret serv-
ice operative. and Everett r. Ri
vas. captain of night police.
Several nights ago the atten-
ton of Patrolman FRANKLIN Aren-
berg was called by a woman who
displayed two of the bills. She
said they were counterfeit.
He started an investigation of
the matter and Constable Ray Ell
wood found three other bills. He
also contacted the men who were
supposed to have passed the spur
ious bills and had them in a car
while investigating.
Consult commissioner
The matter was reported to
Captain Rivas who. the next morn
ing. consulted U. s. Commissioner
c. Rodney Gwynn. The bills
were taken TO the First National
Bank and without any heSitaney
employees there pronounced them
counterfeit.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-02-17
FLORIDA TAKES
l16PASSENCERS

The Steamship Florida Of the p.
and o. s. S. company, sailed for
Havana yesterday with 101 first
class passengers, Is second, two
tons of freight and I64 sacks OF
mail. =
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-02-17

Al 3 o'clock this afternoon
che secretary Of the navy sent
. radio message authorizing
Rountree and Taylor be turn
ed over to federal authorities
for hearing.
They were arraigned before
commissioner Gwynn. The
charges were read. Both plead
ed not guilty. Counsel for the
defendants, Allan B. Cleare,
Jr., then asked that the hear
ing be continued until a flu
ture date.
This was agreed to by the
court and the secret service
operative, and formal hear.
ing set for February &c.
Bond was fixed at $4,000
each. In default of bond they
were remanded to the county
jail.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-02-17

A search of the ruins Is
being made IN an effort to
determine whether there
were any more fatalities as a
result Of the blaze.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-02-17
FARLEY TO MEET
WITH COMMITTEE
WILL ATTEND EXECUTIVE
SESSION TO BE HELD IN
JACKSONVILLE
(By Associated Pressl

JACKSONVILLE, Feb. H.
George Hills, of Jacksonville, to-
day announced that Postmaster
General Farley is attending a state
democratic executive committee
meeting here next Wednesday in
his official capacity as national
chairman.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-02-17
ELIMINATE SECTIONS
OF AIR MAIL BILL.

WASHINGTON. Feb 1.-THE
house post office comAlttse in APP