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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-11-10

Much interest is being mani
Tested in the game to be played
tomorrow. night at the Athletic
Club between the High School
team of basket artists and the
Married Mems team. The latter IS
recognized as one of the leading
contenders in the field for bas-
ketball honors and have three
straight victories to its credit. The
school aggregation win have to
battle hard to keep from losing.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-11-10
SIDELIGHTS
y MACY y. DARHALE-
Fesmsr Ealasr - Ths Key West cisizsn

Al lhe time Of his death Anatole
Francs Wns generally recognized as the
Nfeniesi Preach novelist and writer. Yet
hia brain uns found 10 weigh only LOTT
grams. while the average weight of the
haman brain Is / $50 grams. Brain mat
Ter ike other useful substances. depends
for is value on quality rather than
quantity. -
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-11-10

In his Florida Centennial
speech at the High School yester-
day Lieutenant Commander II. T..
iSandlin, U. S. n. told the stu
dents to have the Key West Citi-
zen work up a money prize of
about 81. 900 for the best practical
plan to make Key West: l. Bigger;
2. Richer; 8. Cleaner; 4. Livelier
5. Kinder; 6. Fruer; Z. Beautiful.
Glasses should make banners with
these seven words and march in
militant fashion on every possible
occasion.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-11-10

WEATHER FORECAST
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-11-10

lower mathematics for school girls is
proposed b the Kansas City Post, among
the problems suggested being that of
hnslEeiin9 the income of husband who
earns So week or less. IL one might
learn 10 provide for rent, groceries. clothes,
Hasollne. beauty aids and other neces-
sarses. with enough left to pay installments
90 ihe car and radio. it would be worth
more than a knowledge of trigoRometry,
~ even calculus.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-11-10

The meeting of Washington
Camp No. II. P. o. S. of A. prom
ises to be one of the greatest of
interest Many important matters
are to be discussed and the enter
tainment committee promises
musical treat.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-11-10
What Vocation Shall
Ny Boy Choose?
BY c. E. Johnston.
Director, Schools Of Business
Training. international Cor
respondenee Schools.

We live in changing world.
Opportunities for Success IN the
fntnre viii differ from thoxe IN
the past. 4 yeung mans wise
choice Of his lie work may 90
much 20 deternfns suecess Or
failure. How shall he choossS
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-11-10

A small fire occurred yesterday
and a residence on United Street
near Margaret was slightly dam
aged. The alarm was sounded
from Box 322 at the gas plant.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-11-10

Ahoul 200 years ago, when the great
Swedish botanist Linnaeus published his
ateoveFy of sexual system in plant life,
i - shocked the religious world that his
epoth-makiug writings were banned in
several European countries for many years
ala discovery vas as revolutionary as that
a nedievai surgeons who found that a
man bad as many ribs as a woman.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-11-10

The P. and o. s. S. Miami. for
merly the private yacht of II. M.
Flagler but now a steamer of the
line. is being overhauled and
made ready for the run between
Miami and Nassau.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-11-10

Barometer at 8 =. m. today:
Sea level. SELF.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-11
WARN AGAINST
ATTACK UPON
PROCESS TAX

Farmers are warned against pro-
paganda favoring repeal of the hog
processing tax in a special bulletin
sent to all its county units by the
Illinois Agricultural association, a
digest of which was received today
by Imperial County Farm Bureau.
The bulletin declares that "the
group working for processing tax
repeal is supported chiefly by pri-
vate livestock commission COM
paries, hackers, transportation
agencies and other allied interests"
It is also pointed out that the
"chief opposition to the benefit
payment program for the reduction
of hog numbers is coming from
those agencies which derive COM
missions, hauling charges and pro-
fits according to the number of un-
its of the commodity handled"
"This propaganda, which seeks to
undermine the AAA program" says
the bulletin, sis being circulated
from headquarters at the Union
Stock Yards. Chicago. 1t is being
widely distributed through the corn
belt"
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-11
HAUP.TMANN' s
COUNSEL MAY
DELAY TRIAL

FLEMINGTON, N. j., Dec. IL
U.P)-Fearing delay OF the trial of
Bruno Hauptmann, charged with
the Lindbergh baby murder, state
prosecutors prepared today to meet
his counsels move for supreme
court order for a bill of particulars
with a hard fight.
Hauptmann's counsel planned to
petition Supreme Court Justice
Thomas w. Trenchard for an order
directing Prosecutor Anthony M.
Hauck to show cause why he should
not provide the defense with ac-
cusations upon which the German
carpenter was indicted for the
murder of Charles A. Lindbergh,
Jr.
Meanwhile Attorney General
David T. Wilentz was understood
to have authorized Colorado
Springs police to question a man
who volunteered to give informa-
ton about the kidnapping of the
baby, but only if a reward were
paid him. 1t was expected that
v. E. Rowland, who wrote the offer
to Gov. A Harry Moore, would be
questioned today.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-11
BEDTIME STORIES
BY HOWARD e. GARRIS
Copyright 1884 by Mcclure Newspaper syndicate)

Because, Wiggy dear, you're too
old and too fat. What will the
neighbors say when they see you
sliding on the ice just like Baby
Bunty or Jingle or Jangle?"
Il don't know what the neigh
bors will say spoke Uncle Wig
gily sadly, but I'd say was haV-
ing fun"
you're too old and too fat to
want to have fun said Mrs. Long
ears. You should be more seri-
Gus, like Mr.. Twistytail."
THAT pig is fat enough, any
how" said Uncle Wiggily. DO you
mind, my dear" he asked his wife,
IF I go adventuring?'
No she answered. "Adventur-
ing is all right. That isn't silly,
like sliding on the ice. Go ad-
Venturing as much as you like"
Il shall" said Uncle Wiggily and
away he hoped to the woods. He
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-11
UNITED PRESS PRESENTS INSIDE
STORY ON LINDBERGH TRAGEDY

and his burden. Could that have
been the sound heard outside his
window by Colonel Lindbergh?
Not far from the nursery window
they found heavy chisel Part of
the kidnaper' IS equipment, and evi-
IDENTIFY intended for forcing the
nursery shutters, it had not been
needed. The shutters, warped by
inclement weather. had resisted all
efforts to lock them.
From the house, and trailing
away into nothingness at the main
road. were a series of heavy foot
prints. But they we're not clear
cut. They looked to have been
made by one who had bound his
feet in an overcasting of cloth.
Those provided the only physical
evidences of the kidnaper s visit
to the Lindbergh home. The investi-
gators turned to an analysis of the
note.
Manifestly, the demand had been
written by person of foreign
antecedents, and of slight educa-
ton. The English-speaking races
do not write "50,0OO$." The note
said I'VE warn you for making
anything public" 1t said the child
was in gut" care. The word and
the Teutonic arrangement of
phrases stamped its author as
German.
Quite obviously, the kidnapping
neither with the hatred of a crank
nor with the thought of revenge"
| by a deranged mind. Col. Lind
| bergh announced his Willingness
his eagerness to pay the extor-
tioners their toll.
In the "a hours that followed the
kidnapping the police forces of
| three states swung into action
with increasing momentum. Every
road in New Jersey, New York
and Pennsylvania was patrolled
and guarded. Squads of state
police began systematic, house
toulouse and hovel-to-hovel search
in a 10-mile radius.
Reports of suspicious charac-
| JeIS-dIlu Vi d lildll, d WoIllctll dlld
a baby" seen by toll-bridge keep
ers, filling station attendants,
lunch-wagon countermen and other
night workers poured into the
white garage at Hopewell. The
warped minds of cranks, tottering
still further under the shock of
the tragedy filled the mails with
cruel, useless "clues."
The towns one-man post office
| force staggered, that afternoon to
the Lindbergh home under the
burden of three heavy sacks of
mails. 1t was the forerunner of
a deluge.
Meanwhile, the questioning of
the Lindbergh household had be-
gun Betty Cow, the comely Scot
tish nursemaid who had minister
ed to the baby since his birth, be-
came the subject Of intense in
vestigation. Her story had certain
. aspects that, for a time, were to
! prove startling.
| TOMORROW Henry (Re0 john
sons Milk BOttle)
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-11
BY SIDNEY b. WIIIPPLE
United Press Staff Correspondent

Copyright, 1884, BY United Press
On the morning of March 2, 1882,
the whitewaShed garage that form
ed one wing of the Lindbergh man
or in the Southland foothills be-
came the field headquarters for
regiment of police officials.
Dirt roads leading to the estate
were alive with another army OF
unofficial investigators and morbid
ly curious citizens who spread, fam
wise, through the desolate territory
and up the sodden slopes of the
mountains, in eager attempts to
discover clues to the kidnapers Of
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr.
They tramped through the mead
ows and into underbrush and forest.
They marched through winding
paths and unused lanes, churning
the muddy ground with their heels
and creating a confusion of tracks
and trails. And they found nothing
at all. The only tangible clues to
the kidnaper' IS identity had been
left behind, inside or within hun
dred yards of the Lindbergh home.
From the vacant crib in the
nursery, Col. H. Norman Schwartz
kopf had taken-With extreme care,
lest a finger print be blurred-a
pencilled demand for $4,000, the
price for returning the child to his
parents. The note, in blurred and
peculiar script, said:
"Have so 600 S ready 25 900 S in
20 S bills Is 900 S in 10 S bills and
I 10 600 S in S bills after "a days
we will inform you were (sic) to
deliver the money.
eve warn you for making any,
thing public or for notify the pol E.
(blurred)
1.-The child is in gut care. Indi-
cation for our letters are sigma
ture.'
Then followed signature -
consisting of q strange device of
interlocking circles. colored with
red and blue ink and bearing
the imprint of three Slight
indentations-pin pricks, perhaps
near the edges of the circles. Sub
sequent notes, in negotiation for
payment of the ransom, bore the
identical symbol
When Colonel SchWartzkopf and
Colonel Lindbergh, lighting their
way with electric torches, made
their first hurried search of the
grounds, they had stumbled upon
the second physical clue-an aban-
doned ladder.
The ladder was of homemade -
construction, and consisted of three
sections which, when joined togeth-
er, rose to a height a little above
the nursery window. 1t had been
made by a skilled artisan-by a
man adept in carpentry. The pegs
by which the sections were joined
fitted perfectly into grooves carved
for them. The rungs were sunk,
to be flush with the sides. One
rung apparently had broken be-
meath the weight of the kidnaper
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-11
UNCLE WIGGTLY'S SWING

Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy looked
out of the bungalow window. The
imuskrat lady housekeeper had just
finished helping Mrs. LongearS get
the forty leven sixteen little rab-
bits ready for school.
"Oh. my goodness, look here!'
squeaked Nurse Jane.
What is it?" asked Mrs. Long
ears. Did Baby Bunty fall down
on the ice?"
NO, but look at Uncle Wiggilylo
exclaimed Miss Fuzzy Wuzzy. =.
What in the world is he doing
noW?" asked the rabbit lady as she
put down a pile of the breakfast
dishes she had started to take to
the kitchen.
Hes sliding on the ice with the
children" Miss. Fuzzy Wuzzy said.
"At his age and as fat as he
isl" exclaimed Mrs. Longears.
Dear me I don't. believe he'll
ever grow up and be steady old
rabbit gentleman
He certainly is having fun"
laughed Nurse Jane. Sliding like
a rabbit boy Oh, there he goes!
He fell down."
"Wiggy, Come In"
Just like him!" said Mrs. Long
ears as she looked out of the win
dow and saw her husband hop up,
brush the snow off his nose and
start sliding again as the rabbit
children hoped on to school
"Wiggy, come in here! Right
awayl" she called as she went to
the door.
What's the matter now?" Uncle
Wiggily asked.
You shouldn't slide like that'
spoke his wife.
why not?"
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-11
EDITORIAL PAGE
and
FEATURES
OUR TRAFFIC TOLL


Two traffic deaths last week brought
the total death toll from this cause in
Imperial county this year to 81, COM
pared with 20 last year and setting a
new all time record for the county.
This is most certainly a record of
which Imperial county cannot be proud
and the help of every person in the coun-
ty should be enlisted in reducing the
traffic toll.
If any disease were to claim 81 victims
in a year all of us would be up on our
toes. ready to guard against it. 1t is not
difficult to recall the precautions taken
during the FLU" epidemic in war time.
Whatever the cause of this high toll,
whether it be the result of careless or
reckless driving, inefficient equipment,
or anything else, is not going to be dis
cussed here.
The outstanding thing is that 81 per-
sons have died. All of us knew some Of
these victims. Their deaths brought
sorrow to their friends and relatives, and
in some cases severe hardships to those
who were left behind.
The majority of them were strong.
healthy, outstanding citizens, real assets
to this communicative type of citizens
any community can Ill afford to lose.
The number of traffic tragedies can
only be reduced by the help of every per-
son driving a car We are fast being
driven to the point where we will have
to use some intelligence in this matter
of issuing automobile licenses and will
not give them to inefficients or to those
who operate mechanically defective ve-
hicleS. We will have to do it as matter
of self-protection.
Too few drivers recognize the fact
that once they sit themselves behind the
wheel of an automobile they assume a
grave responsibility. They have pow
erful engine of death under their guild
ance and they should conduct themselves
accordingly. They cannot, or they should
not, take chances, yet practically all who
drive cars take them. 1t may not be that
chance-taking figured in any of this
year tragedies, but even if this were
true it only proves how dangerous the
automobile can be even when driven
carefully.
Nor would Stiffening of our courts
in imposing penalties for traffic viola
tions be amiss. England gives US the ex-
ample of Kaye Don, who had the mis-
fortune to be driving his car with a me-
chanic when the latter was killed. Don
was given a sentence for manslaughter.
From our American way of doing things
that is probably being too stern, but on
the other hand, few will deny that we are
too lenient with those who commit serious
traffic offenses.
Imperial county has got to reduce this
traffic toll. 1t should be the aim of
every motorist to see that better mark
is made during the new year that is al
most upon US.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-11
What fun I'm havinQI

had not hoped far before he saw
where an old dried honeySuckle
vine was hanging from a tree
branch.
why laughed the bunny gentle
man, that vine is like a swing. l
am going to swing in it. With my
soft fur coat to sit on I don't need
a board in the honeysuckle vine
swing. Hurrayl Now 1 can have
some fun! III swing all I like and
my wife isn't here to tell me to
stop as she did when I was doing
a little sliding"
Like Regular Swing
Uncle Wiggily sat on the vine
tried it, TO make sure it would not
break with him, and then he gave
himself a push. To and fro he
swung as nicely as if it was a reg
ular rope swing with a. board and
everything.
"Hurray!" What fun I'm having!"
laughed Uncle Wiggily. I'm here
by myself and there's nobody to
stop me from swinging as much as
I like"
"Oh, yes there Isl" suddenly
growled a voice. I'm going to stop
you, Uncle Wiggilyl" With that,
out of the bushes popped the Fox
who was very hungry. "I'll not
only stop you from swinging but
I'll eat you all up. Here I comet"
The Fox rushed at the rabbit. But
Uncle Wiggily gave himself hard
push. He took big swing and he
bumped into the Fox, knocking the
Bad Chap head over tail into a
snow drift.
"Oh, scowzie Wowzie!" hoWled the
Fox, his mouth, ears, eyes and nose
/ filled with snow. what hit me
an automobile?"
mo, / took a swing at you!'
laughed Uncle Wiggily as he ran
off to his bungalow. And if the
gas stove will warm the chilli sauce
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-11
LOW RAILROAD
FARES QUOTED
FOR HOLIDAYS

Special local first class round
trip fares for the Christmas and
New Year holiday season have
been arranged by Southern Pacific
company. it was stated here today
by J. W. Donohue, DF&PA Of
Southern Pacific company.
The holiday tickets will be avail
able from December 13 until Janu-
airy for use between all stations
in California, Oregon, Nevada and
Arizona, on the basis of the regu-
lar one-way fare plus so cents for
the round trip. Return limit will
be January y.
These are in addition TO the
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-11
CaUe-In Victim
Is Found Dead

GREYSTONES. ireland, Dec. II
UP)-Rescuers reached Charles o.
Leary, imprisoned in a 3O-foot well
shaft since Saturday, by frantic
digging but they were too late. o.
Leary was dead.
O'Leary, a 30-year old plumber,
was trapped by a slide Of earth.
On Sunday he tried to free him
self by amputating his leg with
instruments lowered to him but
failed. The last sign of life from
him was yesterday.
A white Leghorn pullet, owned by
Mrs. r. E. Carley, Medford, Ore,
laid 359 eggs in 365 days.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-11

Editors Note: Following is
the second of a series of Dispatch
es by Sidney b. Whipple dealing
with the Crime of the Oen-
tury'-the kidnapping and mur-
er of Charles A Lindbergh, Jr.
II pictures the early confusion,
the frantic activity at Hopewell,
that followed swiftly upon the
announcement that the Lind
bergh child had been stolen from
his crib.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-11

Published every evening except Sunday BY The
Imperial valley Press. Inc. s25 State street,
n Centre. California. W. @. Costello, business
manager Telephone 20. business office: 700 edi-
torial department Full leased wire United Press
AAsociations
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-11
Germany Deports
American Woman

BERLIN, Dec. II {U.P. - Miss
Isabel Lillian Steele Of Hollywood,
under order of deportation on
charges of espionage, was escorted
by police today to Hamburg.
She will be placed in custody of
Hamburg police and taken aboard
the President Harding five minutes
before it sails. Thus she will be
held incommunicado until after
the ship leaves.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-11

SC it doesn't catch cold in the legs,
I'll tell you next about Uncle Wig
gily and the baby carriage.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-11
Looking Backward
What the Pres. Files Tell Of
Imperial Valley for This
Date In Past Years
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Dpcemhnr IL 1qI4

Flattering Endorsement Of the
work of the chamber Of commerce
was given by the Merchants and
Manufacturers association at their
meeting Last night
"'The Shepherd of the Hillsp will
play at the Opera house tonight.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-11
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
December IL, 1919

The S150,000 bond issue for the
high schools Of the county and the
S150,00O bond issue for the emergen-
cy schools carried at the polls yes
terday.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-11
TEN YEARS AGO
December II. 1924

What is claimed to be the first
lettuce to be shipped from FL Cen
tro this season is included in a car
of mixed vegetables leaving this
city today for Detroit
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-11

SUBSCRIPTION RATES - Delivered by carrier,
per month, SIS cents; by mail. so cents per month
in advance Entered at Ell Centro. California post
Office as second-class matter. Member California
Newspaper Publishers Association. NJ. G. Mogen-
son. national advertising representatives
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-11

Christmas and New Year trans
continental fares and the low rates
for all classes of travel are expect
ed to stimulate travel in Southern
California over the holidays.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-11

At a recent meeting, a permanent
committee was named to take up
various problems surrounding juve-
nile delinquency.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-11

The postmaster stated this morn
ing that he had had no advice as
to the time when mail service would
be begun on the San Diego and Ar
iona.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-11
IMPERIAL VALLEY PRESS
VAR UPON CRIME

Out Of the present crime conference in
Washington, which was addressed last
night by President Roosevelt, may come
greater coordination between federal,
state and municipal peace officers in
gigantic war against crime.
1t is certainly the hope of all good cit
liens that some such step will be taken
In his address last night the President
called attention to the terrific crime
record of the nation and asked the coop
Grafton, not only of peace officers, but e
every man, woman and grNwn child in
the United States to help combat it.
Our crime record is not only disgrace
to a nation calling itself civilized, but it
is one of the costliest burdens the peo-
pie have to bear. The amount stolen
each year is staggering the cost of main
tanning police to apprehend criminals is
equally so, and we must add to it the cost
of catching the criminals, of trying them
and of combining them in prison. with the
upkeep and maintenance of the latter to
be considered.
Crime doesn't pay" We hear the ex-
preston frequently, but all of us apply
it only to the criminal. We forget to
apply it to ourselves. 1t doesn't pay the
criminal and neither does it pay the tax
payer. On the contrary, the latter is the
one who pays, and he pays heavily.
The President, in asking the coopera-
ton of all citizens, does not intend that
we should become stool pigeons" On
the contrary, he means merely that We
should do our duty-be good citizens and
obey the laws. DiSrespect for law on the
part of those who consider themselves
good citizens" but who are willing to
wink at graft, corruption and irregular
tiles, and who connive with the out and
out criminal element, is the real cause
for our heavy crime record.
1t was encouraging to hear the Presi-
dent denounce lynching and shameful
to hear him state that lynching is now
no longer confined to one section of the
country.
Granting that some crimes provoke the
passions of men to seek revenge, they
accomplish nothing except to increase
disrespect for law. The latter must be
supreme, whatever the provocation to
disregard it. The only alternative is
chaos, mob rule and anarchy.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-11

Maybe if some of those who yell so
loudly about the blue eagle would follow
Henry Ford's example in spending, there
would be no need for the b. e.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-11

A fly clinging to flypaper doesn't stick
any closer than political appointee to
his JOB The difference is that the fly
works to get off.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-11

A Santa Rosa man tried suicide by
chOpping his head off with an axe. Such
fortitude should be spent in better
cause.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-11

Tomorrow Henry CRed john
sons Milk Bottle)