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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-03
As Congress Opened

BY United Press
WASHINGTON Jan. 3.-Among
tive worries of Congress today were
what to wear when President RooSe-
Welt addresses a joint session to-
night, how to get tickets for friends
and what to do about the coming
campaign.
Chairman John j. O'Connor of
the House Rules Committee, relayed
to President Roosevelt information
that he should wear either dinner
jacket or a dress suit at tonight S
session..
So scarce were tickets for the
house gallery tonight that Rexford
G. Tugwell and his wife were
among the brain trusters" still on
the outside looking in.
There are only 900 seats available
in the House galleries. Each Con-
gresham and Senator gets one
Leaving 40 for political purposes.
Mrs. Virginia Jenckes ID. Ind
wore q black dress and rose corsage
( at the opening.
Blind Senator Thomas P. Gore
! 3D., Okla, was assigned the Sen
ate seat once occupied by the late
Senator Huey P. Long Cd, Lao.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-03
Neutrality Bill introduced

By Unite Press
WASHINGTON. Jan. 3.-Chair-
man Sam McReynolds of the House
Foreign Affairs Committee intro
duced today the administration
permanent neutrality bill designed
/. to prevent the United States from
becoming involved in foreign wars.
Mr. McReynolds said that vir-
tually the same bill would be intro
duced by Senator Key Pittman,
chairman Of the Senate Foreign Re-
lstions Committee, within few
days.
The McReynolds and Pittmsn
bills were drawn after the congress
sional leaders conferred with Presi-
dent Roosevelt and State Depart
ment officials, provides:
Provisions of Bill
/. Upon the outbreak of or during
the progress of war between or
among foreign states, the President
shall proclaim such a fact ard an
embargo be placed upon the ship
ment of war implements to such
countries.
2. The President is authorized 10
place an embargo upon articles and
materials used for war, excepting
food and medical supplies, over and
above the ordinary trade with the
belligerent countries. The bill gives
the President authority to name the
articles and prescribe the rules and
regulations.
g. After the President has pro-
claimed a state of war exists it
shall be unlawful for any person
within the United States to deal in
securities or other obligations of
the belligerent governments.
Embargoes to Apply to All
4. Embargoes shall be applied
equally to all belligerents unless the
Congress, with the Presidents APP
proTal, shall declare otherwise.
5. American vessels are prohibited
from carrying arms.
6. All transactions with nationals
Of belligerents shall be carried on
at traders own risk If and when the
PRESIDENT so procla1mS.
The bill also re-enacted provisions
of the temporary neutrality law
I relative to Americans travelling on
belligerent's ships; use of American
ports as supply bases for belligerent
countries; use by belligerent sub
marines of American waters; and
the Munitions Control Board.
Amendment Prepared
Mr. McReynolds said he had pre-
I pared an amendment which pro-
vides that the embargo provisions
would not apply to countries in
North, South or Central America
which become involved in con-
troversy with foreign country. The
embargo, however. would be applied
to American C~ntries in con-
troversies with other American
countries.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-03
PATMAN BONUS
HACKERS SEEK
EARLY ACTION
Group TO Press for Floor
Consideration as Soon
as Possible.
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.-Fifty
Patman initiation bonus bill sup
porters determined after bitter ar
gument today to press for earliest
floor consideration of the measure.
The group, signers of a petition to
force consideration of the $1,000
100000 measure, agreed also to re-
cess until Monday in an attempt to
reach agreement with Vinson bill
advocates.
The Patman action came as lead
ers of the American Legion, Veter-
ans OF Foreign Wars and Disabled
War Veterans met with Chairman
Robert l.. Doughton Cd, N. c., of
the House Ways and Means Gem
mittee, to urge prompt consideration
of the Vinson bill. This measure
would pay off the veterans with
81 900, 000, 900 in cash, but allow the
Treasury TO pick its own means of
financing.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-03

Made of fine, and wide vale corduroy with
wide bottoms y. Side buckle straps Extension
waist bands and just you would expect. Sizes
20 to AZ! Imagine, all colors, too -. such royal
blue, navy blue, gray, rust, Wine drab and brown.
Leaders Main Floor
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-03
ORGANIZE NEW BUSINESS
T. r. Sexton, Son to Engage in Real
Estate, Insurance.

Timothy P. Sexton, in association
with his son, w. Lawrence Sexton,
has opened offices at 2oS Fidelity
Trust Building to engage in real
estate sales, property management
and general Insurance. The elder
Mr.. Sexton formerly was president
of the Fidelity Trust Co. and former
ly was Marion County treasurer.
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$3.50 WATCH MISSING
Lost Valuable Timepiece at Club,
City Woman Reports.

Mrs. Frances R. Lurvey, 5414
Washington blvd. wife of David
Lurvey, president and treasurer of
the Hatfield Electric Co.. reported
70 police today that she lost dia-
mond and platinum watch valued
at $3.50 on New Years night at
downtown club.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-03
2 CITY YOUTHS ENLIST
Kenneth Hughes ana Thomas l..
M0rford Assigned to Fort.

Enlistment of two Indianapolis
men for army service at Fort Har-
rison is announced by the United
States Army Recruiting station. The
recruits are Kenneth L. Hughes, GIG
N. New JerSey-st, and Thomas L.
Morford, 23011a Guilford-ay.
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EARTH NEAREST SUM
AT 4 A. M. TOMORROW
Distance to Increase Thereafter
Until July ;.
BY Science Service

Nearer by more than three mil
lion miles than its distance in July,
the earth is to be in perihelion, or
nearest the sum-" tomorrow at
a. IN. At that hour the sun will be
81 ,314000 miles away. After that
the distance between sun and earth
will increase until July 3, when they
are to be separated by 94,429,0 900
miles, the greatest during 1886.
The cold weather in January, in
the northern hemisphere, comes
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-03
MISSING Filler HUNTED
IN CALIFORNIA DESERT
Purported Fiance of Toby Wing
Unseen Since Monday.

BF nlfCd PFe7s
RIVERSIDE, Cal, Jan. 3.-Army
aircraft today searched desert coun-
try near Death Valley for Lieut..
John T. Helms, missing since Mon
day.
The officer. reputed fiance of
Toby Wing. film actress, has not
been seen since he took off from
Hamilton field, near Oakland, for
March field Monday.
More than $500 CCC workers are
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-03
MERCY PARTY RUSHtS
TO AID SICK FAMILY
Group Near Canadian Border Is III
With Meningitis.
81 Uaifcd Press

FORT WILLIAM. Ontario, Jan g.
Two physicians and j. Sine, pro-
vincial sanitary inspector, were
rushing today to the aid of fam
lily stricken with spinal meningitis
at tiny Saganaga Lake on the On
tario- Minnesota border.
With planes in the Fort William
district grounded by fog, a mercy
flight was impossible. The party left
last night for Grand Marais, Mimi,
by automobile and from there is TO
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making detailed ground check Of
the rugged terrain. The units car
ried portable radio equipment TO
communicate with headquarters.
Army officials assigned 30 pilots
to check Helms probable route.
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ldesp. the suns proximity, because
1t is low in the sky. even at noon.
and its rays OF light and heat are
spread over larger area Of ground
than in summer, when the sun is
high. and the rays fall almost YER
tically.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-10-31
BASKETBALL MEETING Held LAST
NIGHT; FIVE TEAMS REPRESENTED

First Methodist will play an ex-
hibition game.
Players names turned in by
each manager last night were:
Army-P. White, ]. Wall, w
Johnson, w. Powell, z. Garrett, ].
Morris, J. Robinson, C. Colbert.
Nessell and ]. Richardson.
Park Tigers-W. Gates, j. Hale,
A. Smith, Beccaise, Anderson.
johnson and Joe Lopez.
High School-Wickers, j. v,
Woodson, Domenech, Jack Lopez
Saunders, G. Pinder and Solomon
Busy Bees-F. Matthews, E
Hernandez, Jack Thompson, F
Carbonell and the names of three
other players will be turned in
later.
First Methodist. Pinder, B
Pinder, J. Cooper, C. Parks, NJ
Rosam, A. Roberts, G. Archer
Roche and one or two others.
Another meeting will be hello
some time during the next two
weeks to put the finishing touch
es on the plans.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-10-31
DESCRIBES EXECUTION
OF GENERAL RERMUDEZ

Editor, The Citizen:
The younger generation of Gu
bans, and those who remember
Cuba's valiant struggle for liberia
ton from Spain, may be interest
ed in a dramatic incident closing
the war. 1t is appropriate at this
time, on the eve of the veterans
convention in Havana, that we
should read the account of an eye
witness. who was present at the
execution of Gen. Roberto Ber-
mudez, on August 18th, 1898, at
Campamento Juan Criollo. Thus,
Grover Macdonald Allen tells the
story:
Just as day was breaking the
reveille called US and after hasty
breakfast we saddled and mounted
and were on the march over the
mountain trail. No one sang the
usual marching song, "Indepen-
dencia Siempre", that always light
ened the hearts of the soldiers of
Cuba. Soon we rode out onto the
open plains, passing the headquar-
tiers of the General-in-C Chief, Max
limo Gomez, in a grove of royal
palms. Here, on the plains OF
Juan Criollo, Bermudez was to be
shot, standing and facing the fir
ing-party to die as he had lived
because he was a brave, valient
Cuban "jefe" under the immortal
Gen. Antonio Maceo.
We march column left y ade-
lante". and halted about seventy
five yards east of a lone tree. In
this open plain of Juan Criollo al
the Cuban cavalry generals and
"jefes" of eastern Santa Clara
and western Camaguey were as
sembling, squadron after squadron
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-10-31

Five clubs were represented at
the meeting held last night at the
Recreation Hall of the First Meth
cdist Church to organize the Island
City Basketball League for the
1867 season.
Rev. Joe Tolle, pastor of the
Stone Church, represented First
Methodist; Joe Hale, the Park III
gers; J. Richardson, the Army;
Alvin Smith, the Busy Bee entry,
and Hasting Smith, the High
School varsity team.
Others present were Jeff Knight,
Jr., Berl Pinder and Pedro Agui-
lar.
1t was decided that an advisory
board be named to take care of all
disputes and protests that may
arise during the course of play.
Hastings Smith was named chair
man, Aguilar as secretary and the
manager of each club a member.
The vote of the majority will be
final.
Mr.. Aguilar was authorized to
secure rule books, a score book and
puychase a new official basketball.
This ball will be used only in
league games.
Hale and Pedro Aguilar were
named as a committee to get In
touch with Coach Dumont Hud-
dleston of the High School club
and arrange dates for each team
to use the gymnasium for prae-
tice.
1t was voted for the league to
begin play Tuesday, November 8,
and split the schedule into two
halves.
Contests will be played Tuesday
and Friday nights.
Each club will meet the others
three times. This gave each team
IL games in each half.
! Friday night the Army and
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-10-31
APPRECIATION OF
COURTESIES SHOWN

Editor, The Citizen:
May / express through your col
umns my very great appreciatlon
for the warm hospitality which al
your citizens accorded me on N!
visit there recently
1t was like going into big hap
Ply family, and I hope thai / may
soon have the pleasure Of being
with you again.
Hoping that you will all vote
for the ones who will work for the
poor people, and not the ricE
ones, I am
o. c. CASH.
President, WPA Unemploymen-
Association.
Miami, Fla,
Oct. 80, 1896.
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TALLAHASSEE. Oct sI-The
Key West girls II FLORIDA State
College for Women are expected
| to take part IN the fifth annual
Religious Emphasis Week winch
vii be observed tbs year from
October 81 through NoTem-
Der 5. The activities Of rhe
week" are centered around Dr.
Wyatt Aiken Smart, who has been
invited here as the spezker- Dr.
Smart, who is professor Of Theology
at Emory University, opened the
initial Religious Emnhass Week
here four years age
This week" Is non-denomils-
tional, and Is sponsored By Al the
religious organizations On the
campus The programs eoasist e
lectures, personal conference
forums. and infOrmz, discusslans-
The Key West girls who are ex-
pected 10 share IN plans fer TINS
activity are Marjorie Eober1s.
Alice Park, Kathryn Love. Frzn-
ces Lowe. Anne Kennedy Gee
Kemp. Jennie Nae johnson EEza-
beth Ayala. Rose APpeL Pare
Adams, Cynthia Pezrlmzn, Eezz
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PEOPLES FORUM


square of three sides, the west
side left open to receive the bull
lets of the firing party. On the
southeast corner of the square was
left open a lane, forty feet wide.
In the middle of the square was
the lone tree, where the long grass
had been cut with machetes for
the firing party to stand.
When every man was in place,
a bagle, sounded at headquarters.
Then, through the open lane sof
troops, rapidly rode Gen. Maxine
Gomez and staff and a bodyguard
of 2E5 men, in column. We salut-
ed withgmaehetes. They massed on
the east, side of the square, the
general-in-chief in advance of h.s
staff and guard. He sat mounted,
silently facing the lone tree. The
army presented arms and remain
ed at attention.
Thus we waited. Oar horses
champed the bit and stamped their
feet and the low, whispered muir
muring of the men was heard. A
flock of green parrots circled the
legions, as if to voice a protest
with their discordant screening.
Then, in the distance, a clear wall
of the bugle sounded the dead
march and soon the small death
column came slowly into view. Ber-
mudez rode at its head, mounted
on his favorite buckskin mule and
Hnarmed. No spurs or machete
for this last ride. When the death
column was within $50 yards of
the lane / left the ranks and rode
out to meet my old friend and
shook his hand death was the
penalty to do this). Bermudez's
last words during this short halt
were to me, 'Malo tempo Ameri-
cano, adios, adios Cuba mia
Then he rode on. Many personal
ly saluted him with the maehete-
Hating on the west side of the
square, he dismounted and, limp
ing from his eleven wounds, ad-
vanced towards the firing party
In front of the lone tree he calm
ly faced them. Breathless we
waited, on that beautiful summer
morning, as he stood, tall and
handsome, facing his last sunrise
the first sun to rise on free Cuba =
August 18th, 1898, the day peace
was declared.
The general-in-chief, Maxine
Gomez, rode out in advance Of his
staff and swung his short DOmin-
lean machete high in the air, EN-
phasizing his speech to the unfort-
innate man about to die. When the
general dropped the point Of his
machete down low, the party fired
Through the smoke we could see
the tall form of Bermudez crunple
and fall. his head resting on his
left arm as if asleep, with a smile
on his face.
The trumpeters' qC:ck-step
sounded. The general-in-chief and
his staff and bodyguard rode rap
idly out of the open lane and so
did every squadron follow through
the lane, until the whole army had
passed and the lane itself melted
away. There remained only the
faithful servant. black POlena, in
tears and the guard of thirty men
digging the shallow grave with ma
chettes, by the lone tree tnat bore :
red berries-like drops Of blood"
c. GROVER FLINT. ,
$50 Duval Street,
Key West, Fla,
October 20, 1886.
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do YOU KNOW WHO
is WHO In HE'LL?
PASTOR OF FIRST METHODIST
CHURCH WILL DISCUSS
ABOVE SUBJECT

y 'sWho's Who In Help will be
the special subject used at the
First Methodist (Old Stone)
Church Sunday evening at 7:30
o'clock.
Sad though it is there are to be
some prominent Key West citizens
listed among the "Who's Who In
He'll" says Rev. Joe Tolle. and
adds, "You would probably be sur
prised to kRoM who some of these
are" 80
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COca-COla Put Over Run
I'm Seventh Frame That
KnOtted Count; Baker
Was Leading Hitter

With the championship of the
Social DiamondbaH Leagues first.
half at stake, Administration and
Ccca-Cola dramatically postponed
the decision by playing a thinning
6 to 6 tie game yesterday after
noon at Bayview Park.
If the Soda Water boys had won
the contest, they would have been
declared winners of this half.
The contest was called on ac-
count of darkness.
Cheta Baker, back from a short
honeymoon trip to Miami, was the
leading hitter of the contest. He
slapped out three hits in five tries
at the plate. J. Roberts secured
three out of six.
In the first inning, the Bever-
age boys at bat, Baker singled to
left. Gates singled to center and
Baker went to third. Gates stole
second. Mccarthy walked. Baker
scored on a wild pitch. On pass
ed ball, Gates scored.
In their half of the same frame,
Administration put over a lone
tally. Lucy singled to right. NJ.
Lopez singled to left. Soldano
singled to right, scoring Lucy.
Coca-Cola showed over another
run in the third canto. F. Villa
real walked. Baker hit to first and
Goss made an error. Sterling hit
to short and the ball hit the rum
ner, who automatically was out.
Gates went out, short to first.
Baker scored.
The Office boys scored another
in their half of the third. Lucy
duplicated his act of the first in
ming by singing but to the left
field this time. Lopez again sin
gled, but to the right fled. An
odd ineident--each singled TO the
opposite garden as they did in the
opening frame. Solano went out,
second to first. Lucy scored.
In the fourth the score was tied
by Admin 'stration. M. Tynes hit
to short and Sterling makes an er-
ror on the throw to first. E. Rob
erts hit to third and Gates fumbled
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DECISION ON CHAMPIONSHIP OF SOCIAL
LEAGUES FIRST-HALF DELAYED BY TIE
THINNING GAME FRIDAY; SCORE, 6 TO 6

the ball. j. Roberts singled to
center. Lucy, at bat for the third
time with a perfect average so
far, flied out to center, scoring
Tynes.
The Soda Water boys took the
lead in the sixth inning. Gates and
Mccarthy each hunted safely. Both
advanced a base on wild pitch.
Lewis singled to center ard both
runners. scored.
Administration came right back
in their half of the same stanza
and again went ahead. NJ. Tynes
once more singled to left. E. Rob-
rest singled off the pitchers glove.
]. Roberts smashed a home run to
deep center bringing in the two
runners ahead of him.
The contest was again knOtted In
the seventh inning and stayed that
way until darkness halted play.
F. Villareal walked. Baker beat
out an infield hit. Sterling flied
out to right and Villareal scored.
On three occasions, both teams
scored in the same inning and
each put over one run in different
Observation-Disclosures in the
fourth and Coca-Cola in the sew
enth.
Leading fielders were Baker,
Villareal and Sawyer for the
league-leaders, and NJ. Lopez, Gene
and ]. Roberts for the cellar-oc-
cupants. Some very classy field
ing was executed in this game. 1t
was played in exactly one hour.
If needed, this contest will be
replayed next week.
Score by innings: r. II. E.
Coca-Cola-
2O1 OO2 100 OOO-6 10 1
Administration
1O1 1O3 600 OOO-6 IS 4
Batteries: J. Villareal and F.
Villareal; E. Roberts, j. Carbonell
and Goss.
Monday, Sanitary Department
will play Coca-Cola, and Tuesday
will witness. Administration and
Sanitary Department in action.
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SfArPSiS. ?ere:i.s 81 q j onv
,rrlEs deliberately into ore Of Ann
broSe LG1rsoH's traps IryiYi0 to act
iaformGttOn against him aud his
dope aud kidnapping gang. A ms
fe,i0us fTtShnIdn IccHses Terence
n bring an equally mysterious Mr..
Pro'CH. however then f0ht. and
rhcH the police come. escape TO-
geiheT to a den run BIZ Fdttv Bds-
seff And nom 10 0ppeGIs that Lofo-
sou put mp the friShman to foht
Terence. aud expected to have
them both orrested-1 trick whtch
ereH Bossett's gang doesnt APP
prove.
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PARKING ON BRIDGES

If the regulation against park
ing on bridges is to be rigidly en-
forced against persons fishing
from the bridges, why should not
the law against driving over
bridges over Is miles an hour be
rigidly enforced?
The danger from fast driving
far exceeds the danger from park.
ing on the bridges. We can only
judge of danger by results. In the
ten years that there has been fish
ing from the bridges there has not
been an accident from that cause,
On the other hand there have been
several and some fatal accidents
from exceeding the 15-mile limit.
Before the Stock Island end of the
Roca CEica Bridge was straighten-
ed, thece we're several accidents
by cars crashing into and over the
guard rails. Mr.. Virgil loves
car crashed through the guard rail
on Boca Chica Bridge and he was
drowned. A lady was killed by her
car going through the guard rail
on Stock Island Bridge. Many
more accidents on the bridges were
the result of fast driving. 1t can't
be said that no one knows how fast
they were driving. Res ipse loqui-
tur, "The thing speaks for itself. !"
If they had been driving within
the speed limit they could not have
crashed through the guard rails
and been precipitated into the wa
ter. In one of the accidents blood
was splashed over the rocks, and
this could only have been caused
by a violent impact.
The talk about people barely es-
Gaping an accident, because of cars
parked on the bridges, would be
bosh if the cars were going with
in the 15-mile limit. 1t is largely
these speedsters who are enraged
when they have to slow down when
passing the parked cars of persons
fishing. Their attitude is, 'It is
an outrage for persons to be per-
mitted to violate the law by park
ing on bridges, thereby preventing
me from violating the speed law"
l have fished from Boca Chica to
No-Name Key and have been sur
prised. by the vast majority of cars
that are driving from 25 to 35
miles an hour over the bridges.
And l have seen some nasty looks
from these speedsters when they
have to slow down to the legal rate
of speed, because of persons fish
ing from the bridges.
There are a great many persons
who enjoy fishing from the
bridges; there are a great many
people who enjoy preventing 9TH
rs from enjoying themselves, and
there are great many who want
to violate the speed law.
Many who fish from the high
way bridges have small children
with them who remain in the car
while their parents fish. These chill
dren could not be left alone in the
car if they were parked some hum
dred yards away from the parents.
This c,ass of people will be denied
the pleasure of fishing.
If the regulation against park
ing on bridges is to be strictly en-
forced, in all justice, the law
against driving over Is miles an
hour should be equally strictly en-
forced.
If the officers who watch for
cars parked on the bridges will
take notice of those driving over
Is miles an hour, they will find
scores violating the speed law, to
every one parked on the bridges.
Don't discriminate.
JEFFERSON B. BROWNE.
Key West, Fla,
Oct Al 1895
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Today's
Anniversaries

Iee . Q . Q q Q . q Q . Q Q Q . .
1S17-He:nrich Graetz, Ger
man-Jewish historian, born. Died
Sept. z, 1891.
1S25-Raleigh E. Colston, Con-
federate commander, born in
France. Died at Richmond, Va,
July 29, 1896.
1s44-NichOlas Som. noted
Milwaukee and Chicago physician